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Tequesta discussion ahead of planned annexation highlights revenue, services and policing differences
Summary
Participants discussed a two‑acre annexation near Riverside that officials said includes eight homes and could add roughly $65,000 a year in tax revenue; conversation noted policing response differences and the village’s interest in annexing nearby unincorporated pockets to fund park projects.
Participants at a Village of Tequesta meeting discussed a planned annexation of a two‑acre parcel near Riverside that they said includes about eight homes and is scheduled for consideration the next day. Officials present estimated the annexation would bring roughly $65,000 a year in tax revenue to the village and said that money could help pay for further phases of Remembrance Park over several years.
Those who spoke framed the annexation as partly fiscal and partly about local control. Participants said the houses in the pocket are older and have relatively low taxable…
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