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Sheriff resubmits certified budget; commissioners agree to roll law-enforcement MSTU millage back to prior-year level

5418456 · July 16, 2025
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Summary

After the sheriff submitted a revised certified budget, county budget staff said they could lower the proposed law-enforcement MSTU millage back to the prior year's 3.72 mills; commissioners directed staff to implement that change in the workshop materials.

Audrey Fowler, Marion County budget director, told the board July 16 that the sheriff resubmitted a certified budget that reduced the sheriff’s earlier request and that staff had entered the revised numbers into the county system.

Fowler said the sheriff’s revised request and additional contract revenue the sheriff identified (contracts with the school board, private schools and the city of Dunnellon) meant the county could restore the MSTU for law enforcement from the proposed 4.07…

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