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Pasco commissioners set up law-enforcement MSU but debate city participation and cost-sharing
Summary
The board approved an ordinance to establish a municipal service taxing unit (MSU) for law enforcement in unincorporated Pasco County while commissioners pressed for clearer agreements with cities on cost-sharing and protections against disproportionate burden on unincorporated taxpayers.
The Pasco County Board of County Commissioners advanced an ordinance to establish a municipal service taxing unit to fund law enforcement services in the county's unincorporated areas, setting a legal framework for future millage and budget decisions.
Amy Farrell, budget director, told commissioners the ordinance would create the MSU’s legal existence, define its boundaries and allow levying ad valorem taxes to fund law enforcement services; millage rates would…
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