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Votes at a glance: millage set, utility and service rate hearings scheduled, airport lease amended
Summary
At its July meeting the Okeechobee County Board of County Commissioners set the tentative general-fund millage for TRIM notices, scheduled public hearings for several service assessments, and approved a lease amendment for two lots in the Airport Commerce Park.
The Okeechobee County Board of County Commissioners on July 2025 took a package of administrative and budget-related votes that set tax-notice rates, scheduled public hearings on service assessments, and approved a lease amendment for airport property.
The board voted unanimously to set a tentative general-fund millage rate of 7.8 mills for Fiscal Year 2025–26 for TRIM notice purposes and to set the law enforcement municipal service taxing unit (MSTU) millage at 0 mills for TRIM notice purposes. County staff said the 7.8 mill rate would generate roughly $35,248,007 in taxes and that the board could only reduce — not increase — the rate after TRIM notices are mailed.
The board also approved scheduling public hearings for proposed service assessments and fee adjustments: a fire-rescue…
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