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Brevard commissioners set proposed 2025-26 millages, debate bonding for conservation and fire funding
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners on July 22 adopted proposed 2025-26 millage rates to be sent in TRIM notices, and commissioners debated using voter-approved levies and bond capacity to expand the Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) program and relieve pressure on the general fund from fire/EMS costs.
The Brevard County Board of County Commissioners voted July 22 to set proposed millage rates for fiscal year 2025-26 and to include several adjustments to voter-approved levies so they appear on residents’ TRIM notices. The change will let the board consider those levies again during its September budget hearings. Commissioners also debated whether to use remaining voter-approved bond capacity for the county’s Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) program and whether to seek new voter-approved revenue for fire/EMS infrastructure.
County staff told commissioners the package of proposed millages was the version posted with the board’s proposed budget on July 15; because property values rose about 7% this year, the county must provide trim notices by early August. “All of the proposed millages have decreased from the current millage rates,” staff said, but the aggregate rate…
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