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Pasco budget staff warn of slower revenue growth, highlight jail and public-safety cost pressures
Summary
Pasco County budget staff presented revenue projections and cautioned commissioners that taxable-assessed-value growth and certain revenue streams are likely to cool; staff said the county will model 5%, 7% and 9% growth scenarios and flagged detention-center expansion and D-shift staffing as key expense drivers.
Pasco County budget officials told the Board of County Commissioners on March 25 that county revenues are likely to grow more slowly than in recent years and that the county will build conservative budgets while accounting for major public-safety and personnel costs.
"We're entering this budget season very conservatively," Amy Farrell, budget director in the Office of Management and Budget, said. Farrell said staff are modeling three scenarios — 5%, 7% and 9% taxable-assessed-value growth — to stress-test the budget as they await preliminary assessed values.
Farrell gave a packet of data and described several revenue…
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