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DeBary sets proposed ad valorem millage at 3.65% for 2025–26; council debates fire truck purchase options
Summary
The council set a proposed ad valorem millage rate of 3.65 (a 10.82% increase over rollback) and discussed budget pressures including public-safety cost increases and options for financing a fire apparatus.
The DeBary City Council set a proposed ad valorem millage rate of 3.65 for fiscal year 2025–26 and scheduled the tentative budget hearing for Sept. 3, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. in council chambers. The resolution adopting the proposed millage was read by the city attorney and approved by unanimous vote.
City staff framed the request as a response to rising personnel and operating costs, service expansions, and capital needs. The city attorney noted the proposed 3.65 millage "is a 10.82% increase over rollback, and rollback is at 3.2935," and staff presented a budget overview that highlighted a $227,000 (33%) increase in the city manager’s office budget driven by an added assistant manager position and benefit changes, a…
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