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Citrus County adopts final 2025–26 budget and millage rates after public hearing
Summary
The Citrus County Board of County Commissioners adopted a final $2025–26 budget and set millage rates, approving a 5.01% increase over the rollback rate to fund public safety, roads and other county services amid public comment about taxes, libraries and infrastructure.
The Citrus County Board of County Commissioners on Sept. 23 adopted the county’s final 2025–26 budget and fixed millage rates after a public hearing and discussion of capital needs.
Chair (Board Chair) opened the hearing by asking the commission to act unanimously and argued the budget represents “a responsible, forward-looking” plan to fund deputies, roads, libraries and fire protection while acknowledging a long backlog on capital needs.
The board set the aggregate millage rate at 8.8733 mills, an increase of 5.01% over the rollback rate of 8.4502 mills. Commissioners voted separately on household and district millages; the principal votes were unanimous except as noted below. County staff and the board emphasized that deferred capital needs — including an estimated $300 million backlog in residential road resurfacing and roughly $1 billion in longer-term road capacity needs — were a principal driver of the adopted plan.
Why it matters: The budget funds constitutionally required services and public safety while attempting to restore a multiyear capital…
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