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North Lauderdale proposes 2026 budget, keeps millage at 7.4; staff offers options to lower stormwater and water-control assessments
Summary
City staff told the City Commission that rising property values let the city hold the millage rate at 7.4 for 2026 while proposing modest assessment reductions as options; the commission must take a formal vote at the second hearing.
City of North Lauderdale officials presented the proposed fiscal 2026 budget at a Sept. 12 budget workshop and recommended keeping the millage rate at 7.4 mills while offering options to reduce two special assessments.
Budget manager Laura walked commissioners through revenues and assessments and said, “we will be proposing the millage rate of 7.4,” the same tentative rate the commission set in July, which staff said would generate about $18.9 million in ad valorem revenue in 2026. City Manager Cindy Sargis told the commission the tentative rate had been set in July “at 7.4, which is no…
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