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Gadsden County commissioners give staff millage guidance amid budget, Medicaid and EMS funding risks
Summary
At a budget workshop, county finance staff outlined the TRIM/millage process and commissioners gave directional guidance — not a formal vote — to prepare Department of Revenue filings while debating whether to hold the millage at 9 mills or plan higher as a precaution amid uncertain state and federal funding.
Gadsden County commissioners directed staff to prepare the Department of Revenue Form 4 20 with a working millage assumption while continuing budget work, after a finance presentation described how property values, rollback calculations and one-time federal dollars shape available funding.
Finance director Rose told the commission the county’s taxable property value for 2025 is approximately $2.4 billion, up about $112–113 million from the prior year, and explained how the rollback rate (calculated to be 8.638) determines whether a proposed millage constitutes an advertised tax increase. Rose said the county’s current millage is 9 mills and that, using the Department of Revenue formulas, keeping last year’s rate generates roughly $1.4 million in ad valorem proceeds under the rollback calculation compared with about $1.9 million collected last year at 9 mills.
The discussion centered on three pressures that will affect final proposals: rising operating costs (including higher FRS employer rates and health insurance), dwindling one-time ARPA funds that previously offset…
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