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Tax collector outlines fee‑funded operations, returns average $3.3M excess to county
Summary
Seminole County Tax Collector J.R. Cole presented a FY2025–26 operating budget process that is fee‑funded under Florida law, described DMV operations as a loss‑leader subsidized by county funds, and said his office typically returns several million dollars of excess fees annually to the county and other taxing authorities.
Tax Collector J.R. Cole presented an overview of his office’s budget and operations, emphasizing that the tax collector’s budget is fee‑funded under Florida law and that his office’s DMV work is generally run at a loss and subsidized by the tax collection function.
Cole told the board that the tax collector has two primary functions: collecting property taxes and operating the DMV offices under state fee schedules. He said the agency’s annual operating budget is typically about $13 million, set under a statute driven process in which the…
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