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Polk County commissioners adopt FY 2025–26 millage rates and final budget
Summary
At a Sept. 15 public hearing, the Polk County Board of County Commissioners adopted resolutions setting final millage rates for the county and several MSTUs and approved the county'wide FY 2025'26 final budget totaling $3.464 billion; staff presented detailed rollback comparisons and MSTU budgets during the hearing.
The Polk County Board of County Commissioners on Sept. 15 adopted resolutions to set final fiscal year 2025–26 millage rates for the county and multiple municipal services taxing units (MSTUs) and approved the county'wide final budget totaling $3,464,631,333.
Kristia Johnson, Polk County Budget and Management Services director, read the budget and millage information into the record during a public hearing required under Florida statute. Johnson told the board the county'wide adopted tentative millage rate for FY 2025–26 was 6.6348 mills and the rollback rate was 6.3607 mills, a difference of 0.2741 mills (4.3%). She said the ad valorem revenue generated by the adopted tentative countywide rate would be…
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