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TRUE Commission backs 1/8‑mill cut to proposed Jacksonville millage, sends message on fiscal discipline (5‑3)
Summary
The Taxation, Revenue and Utilization of Expenditures (TRUE) Commission voted 5‑3 on Aug. 7 to support a proposed reduction of the city’s ad valorem millage rate by one‑eighth of a mill for fiscal year 2025–26 and agreed to transmit the adopted resolution to council members.
The Taxation, Revenue and Utilization of Expenditures (TRUE) Commission voted 5‑3 on Aug. 7 to adopt a resolution supporting a one‑eighth‑mill reduction in the City of Jacksonville’s proposed ad valorem millage rate for fiscal year 2025–26.
Commissioner Raymond Day read a resolution that stated in part that the county’s certified tax roll had increased and that reducing the millage by one‑eighth of a mill would restrain growth in ad valorem revenue. Day and supporters argued the modest cut would impose fiscal discipline on the council while still leaving the city with substantial new revenue.
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