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Hendry committee reviews proposed uses of voter-approved sales tax for school upgrades, safety and technology
Summary
Committee members reviewed three years of sales-tax receipts, heard department-level budget proposals and discussed planned projects including access control, cameras, HVAC, doors and student-safety software; the meeting also approved prior meeting minutes by voice vote.
Members of the Hendry County Independent Sales Tax Committee reviewed proposed spending plans for voter-approved sales-tax revenue and department budget requests at a committee meeting. Staff presented revenue collected since the tax began and outlined planned uses for facilities, safety and technology projects.
Committee members heard that collections began in February 2022–23 and that the district’s first full year of receipts totaled about $3.3 million. Fiscal-year-to-date receipts for FY25 were reported as just over $2.0 million, and staff said the quarter close would put the annual run-rate near $3.3 million. A January reporting error was corrected in the meeting (an entry shown as $280,000 was clarified to $245,000).
The presentations focused on two related questions: what the district has collected so far, and how directors propose to use available and forecasted funds. Directors and staff described a mix of near-term maintenance and multi‑year projects. Proposed and…
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