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Utilities and Solid Waste tentatively approve FY26 budget; solid‑waste assessment rises about $19.68 per parcel
Summary
The utilities and solid waste tentative budget rose about 6.83% while remaining an enterprise fund; staff said the solid‑waste assessment will increase roughly $19.68 per property and that a Tropical Farms water plant expansion design is planned.
The county's Utilities and Solid Waste department presented a tentative FY26 enterprise budget of about $69.8 million, a 6.83% increase driven largely by contractual and commodity cost increases and the addition of one FTE for plant maintenance. Department leaders told commissioners the utilities budgets are enterprise funds funded by rates and assessments, not by the county's ad valorem property tax.
Solid‑waste assessmen…
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