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Winter Garden sets tentative millage at 4.8565 mills; budget hearings set for Sept. 11 and 25

5488865 · July 24, 2025
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City Manager Larry Williams proposed and the commission approved a tentative millage rate of 4.8565 mils for FY2025–26; the tentative rate can be lowered at later hearings. Staff provided taxable-value and revenue projections and clarified the millage is separate from a proposed fire-assessment study.

The Winter Garden City Commission voted unanimously to set a tentative millage rate of 4.8565 mils for the fiscal year 2025–26 and scheduled two public budget hearings on Sept. 11 and Sept. 25, City Manager Larry Williams told the commission.

Williams said staff recommended the tentative rate to give the city flexibility during the budget process and reiterated that the commission can lower the rate at the September hearings. “It is our goal to…

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