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Commissioners defer decision on dedicating a fixed sheriff's millage until next budget cycle
Summary
County finance staff and the sheriff urged more time to study legal and cash-flow implications before moving sheriff operations from the general fund into a dedicated property-tax millage; the board voted unanimously to defer until the FY 2026-27 budget process.
Manatee County commissioners voted unanimously to defer consideration of a proposal to designate a fixed property-tax millage dedicated to the sheriff's budget until the FY 2026-27 budget process. The board asked county staff and the sheriff's office to return with additional analysis of statutory, cash-flow and operational impacts.
CFO Sheila McLean explained that designating a dedicated sheriff millage would move significant revenues out of the county general fund into a separate sheriff fund. Florida law governing millage and…
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