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Wakulla County adopts FY 2025–26 budget and 7.9‑mill millage after public hearing; commissioners debate COLA and cuts
Summary
After a second required public hearing, the Wakulla County Board of County Commissioners voted to set a countywide millage at 7.9 mills and adopt the FY 2025–26 budget amid debate over a proposed cost‑of‑living adjustment, overtime, and capital spending.
Wakulla County commissioners on [date not specified] held the required second public hearing on the fiscal year 2025–26 budget and voted to set the countywide millage rate at 7.9 mills and adopt the budget as presented by the county administrator.
County Administrator read the final millage into the public record as “7.9 mills, which is 5.39% more than the … rollback millage rate of 7.4963 mills.” The board voted separately on the millage and the budget, approving the millage and then the budget in two separate motions.
The hearing included extended discussion among commissioners and staff about potential ways to reduce the tax rate, including suspending the proposed cost‑of‑living adjustment (COLA), cutting overtime and elective training budgets, and trimming new…
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