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Volusia County highlights tax cuts, fee eliminations and launches permit concierge program
Summary
County Chair Jeff Brower and Councilman David Santiago outlined 2024 fiscal moves including elimination of a communications tax and a business tax receipt, reductions or maintenance of millage rates, and a new permit and concierge program to streamline permitting for residents and businesses.
Volusia County Chair Jeff Brower and District 5 Councilman David Santiago used the 2025 State of the County address to highlight last year’s fiscal changes and a new permitting service intended to simplify permitting for residents and businesses.
Brower said the County Council and administration worked with the Office of Management and Budget in 2024 to lower or maintain Volusia County’s millage rates and adopt what he called a balanced, fiscally conservative budget. David Santiago identified several specific…
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