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Council seeks state review of property‑appraiser budget and directs staff to comment on tax‑collector spending and benefits
Summary
After public concern over CRA use of funds and council questioning of some constitutional‑officer budget decisions, Volusia County directed staff to submit comments to state reviewers about the property appraiser and voted 6–1 to send a similar comment on the tax collector’s budget.
Council members expressed repeated concerns on Sept. 16 about transparency and the fiscal impacts of constitutional‑officer budgets and Community Redevelopment Agencies (CRAs).
The council voted 7–0 to submit a comment package regarding the property appraiser’s budget to the Florida Administration Commission (staff had requested an opportunity to comment). That vote followed questions about year‑over‑year increases and capital spending that councilmembers said merited a closer look. Councilman Santiago framed it as a transparency request: "If we feel that the system is…
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