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Votes at a glance: Wakulla County board approves millage, budget, assessments and zoning application
Summary
At the meeting commissioners approved the county’s final millage and budget, several service assessments, three neighborhood broadband assessments and a zoning change; they also approved a low‑income pool agreement and several consent items.
The Wakulla County Board of County Commissioners on [date not specified] took several formal actions with brief discussion or no public comment. Key outcomes included:
• Millage and budget: The board approved a final countywide millage rate of 7.9 mills and adopted the FY 2025–26 budget (board recorded votes: millage 4–1; budget 4–1).
• Fire protection assessment: Commissioners held a public hearing and adopted the annual fire protection assessment rates presented in the preliminary rate resolution. The residential rate was reiterated at $263 per dwelling unit; nonresidential rates were presented as per‑square‑foot amounts for commercial, industrial/warehouse and institutional properties, and a per‑acre rate for vacant land not ag‑exempt of $1.53 per acre. The assessment was approved (vote recorded 5–0).
• Solid waste assessment: The board adopted the residential solid waste assessment at $214 per dwelling unit and noted nonresidential service is billed separately by the franchise hauler (vote recorded 5–0).
• Broadband assessments: The board held public hearings and adopted annual rate resolutions for three neighborhood broadband assessment districts: Elm Ridge, Sweetwater Ridge (noted as the fifth and final year) and The Park. Commissioners noted those assessments were opted into by property owners and are repaid to the county (votes recorded 5–0 on each item).
• Low income pool agreement: The board approved a letter of agreement with the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) to support the North Florida Medical Center’s Panacea clinic; staff said the letter must be filed by Oct. 1 and the request is included in the FY 2025–26 budget (vote recorded 5–0).
• Zoning: In a quasi‑judicial hearing the board approved a rezoning application (R25‑06) to change a 0.48‑acre parcel at 66 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Road from Commercial Office to High‑Intensity Commercial to allow broader commercial uses in the Crawfordville core district; staff recommended approval and the motion passed (vote recorded 5–0).
• Consent and other items: The board approved consent agenda items, accepted awards and presentations (including a 4‑H proclamation), and scheduled workshops on the county’s infrastructure plan and an impact‑fees study for October meetings.
Where recorded, votes and tallies are those read into the record by the clerk or staff; where individual board roll‑call names were not cited in the transcript excerpt, the published minutes and the clerk’s official record should be consulted for individual vote attributions.
