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Okaloosa County administrator recommends holding property-tax and MSTU rates as revenues slow
Summary
County Administrator Mister Hofstede presented a budget policy workshop April 15 recommending the county hold its property-tax millage at 3.8308 and the unincorporated parks MSTU at 0.299 mills, while warning of leveling state revenues and possible legislative changes that could reduce local revenue.
Mister Hofstede, the county administrator, told the Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners at a budget policy workshop April 15 that his office will build the coming year's budget assuming the current property-tax millage of 3.8308 mills and the MSTU rate of 0.299 mills remain unchanged. "My plan and my direction to our staff is hold the line on that property tax millage," he said.
Hofstede framed the recommendation around a mixed revenue outlook and the county's existing reserves. He said state sales-tax receipts and other state-shared revenues have shown a recent flattening, and noted several revenue streams that have levelled or declined, including local option fuel taxes and state revenue sharing. He…
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