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Council OKs higher tentative millage in first reading as debate over budget, crew cuts and $400 rebate idea intensifies
Summary
On first reading the council set a tentative millage rate of 3.2564 mills (vote 4–1) and continued budget work. Debate centered on whether raising millage to generate about $180,000 could be used to subsidize residents' solid-waste costs and provide a one-time rebate, and whether staffing cuts would endanger a road project.
The Town Council of Loxahatchee Groves set a tentative millage rate on first reading of 3.2564 mills at its Sept. 3 meeting, a measure that passed 4–1. The millage decision was part of the council’s larger FY2025–26 budget discussion, in which councilors and members of the public argued over revenue options, staff raises and the risk that cutting public-works labor would halt a road and drainage capital project.
Town Manager Francine Romagna read the manager’s statutorily required notice about the tentative millage and the rolled-back rate. Council members and the town attorney described the arithmetic: raising the millage by a half-mill would produce roughly $365,000 in revenue; the specific increase to 3.2564 mills was estimated to yield approximately $180,000. Councilors discussed a proposal, advanced by Council member McClendon, to use the additional revenue to partially…
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