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Venice residents urge council to reconsider property tax increases; neighbor raises long‑running Flamingo Ditch beach/outfall concerns
Summary
During audience participation, residents urged the council to reconsider proposed property tax increases amid hurricane recovery concerns and questioned large city surpluses; another speaker presented archival engineering reports connecting beach restoration to recurrent outfall problems at Flamingo Ditch and urged further study.
Two members of the public used the council’s audience participation slot to press elected officials on separate but significant local concerns: proposed property tax increases and long‑running stormwater/beach restoration impacts at the Flamingo Ditch outfall.
Chris Durbeck, who identified himself as a Venice homeowner, called proposed property tax increases “unfair” to seniors and families still rebuilding from recent storms, and questioned why the city would seek revenue when the FY2025 budget is reported at $180 million and the city holds a…
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