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Miami-Dade Mayor proposes flat millage, $402 million gap; proposes consolidations and about 350 position cuts
Summary
Mayor Daniella Levine Cava on the county budget proposed a flat millage, outlined a $402 million shortfall attributed in part to new constitutional offices, and detailed department consolidations and cuts that include roughly 350 positions and proposed fee increases for some parks services.
Mayor Daniella Levine Cava proposed a county budget that holds the millage rate flat while closing a $402,000,000 shortfall through departmental consolidations, staffing reductions and targeted fee increases.
Levine Cava told reporters the gap is driven in part by the creation and expansion of new independent constitutional offices, declines in state and federal revenues and increased costs for services. "About half, almost half of the shortfall is attributed to the 5 constitutional offices," she said. "I am proposing a flat millage." The commission will vote on the millage this week as the first of two votes and is scheduled to approve a final budget in September, she said.
The proposal retains core services…
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