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DeBary sets tentative millage at 3.65% and adopts tentative 2025–26 budget
Summary
The City of DeBary approved a tentative millage rate of 3.65 and adopted a tentative operating budget for fiscal year 2025–26; council and staff said the increase covers rising public-safety and legal costs and startup expenses for a new recreation project.
The City of DeBary City Council on a unanimous vote set a tentative millage rate of 3.65 mills and adopted a tentative operating budget for fiscal year 2025–26.
City manager (name not specified) told the council the 3.65 tentative millage is 10.82% above the rollback rate of 3.2935 and recommended the rate “based upon the business reasoning, the Alexander Island startup, the increase in public safety costs, the legal costs are due to pending lawsuits, and the long overdue equipment needs.” The manager said the change would raise about $52 a year — $4.41 a month — on a homeowner with the city’s reported average taxable value of $199,857.
The tentative millage and budget must be set first under Florida statute, the city attorney told the council,…
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