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County manager presents FY 2025-26 recommended budget; board schedules work session and narrows CIP guidance
Summary
Lee County Manager Lisa Minter delivered the fiscal year 2025-26 recommended budget on June 2, proposing a $119.39 million budget that holds the property tax rate at 65', funds a 2.8% COLA and selects 17 of 28 requested new positions while asking commissioners to weigh operating costs for new county facilities.
County Manager Lisa Minter presented the recommended fiscal year 2025-26 budget to the Lee County Board of Commissioners on June 2, asking the board to maintain the existing 65-cent property tax rate while funding a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment, selected position additions, and capital requests.
Minter said the recommended budget reflects a directive to prepare a budget with a zero-cent property-tax change. The manager summarized revenue assumptions (a projected 5.79% increase in property tax revenue driven by a 5.53% increase in the tax base and a modest sales-tax growth assumption of 1%)…
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