Tanya Williams, the city's governmental affairs manager, told staff the proposed 2026 State Legislative Agenda is essentially the 2025 agenda reorganized for clarity and to align with current legislative trends and that staff will seek commission adoption and authorization to distribute the agenda for advocacy ahead of the city's trip to Tallahassee on Nov. 17.

"For the city of Tamarac, our property taxes are the single largest source of revenue for the city, making up approximately 40.4% of our General Fund revenue," Williams said, and added that one proposed change at the state level ' removing the homestead property-tax exemption ' could lead to an estimated $22,200,000 loss to the city in the upcoming session. "So obviously we're advocating for a statewide review of the property tax collection processes and revenue allocation to ensure that the city continues to have flexibility as well as the fiscal capacity to meet our community needs," she said.

Williams also summarized other priorities on the agenda, saying most priorities are unchanged from 2025, including continued support for municipal revenue protection, housing trust-fund support, and resilience/water funding. She said the sovereign-immunity priority was clarified to reflect statutory limits and cited the city's support for maintaining current statutory damage limits as presented to staff.

Why it matters: staff told the commission the agenda will be the city's unified framework for advocacy during the 2026 state session (staff referenced Jan. 13March 13 as the session window). The property-tax recommendation is notable because Williams tied potential statewide changes directly to a multi-million-dollar impact on the city's fiscal capacity.

Next steps: Williams said she will recommend adoption of the attached resolution approving the 2026 agenda at the commission meeting and asked the commission to authorize distribution for advocacy. Commissioners also asked staff to consider adding a priority to pursue streamlined notarization and other tech-enabled application processes for residents, and staff said they could draft a policy statement for commission review.