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Gainesville adopts fiscal 2025 budget, keeps millage rates unchanged
Summary
The Gainesville Mayor and Council adopted the fiscal year 2025 budget and approved five ordinances fixing millage rates for general government, debt service, fire, police, parks and the board of education; all votes were unanimous and no members of the public spoke during the hearing.
Gainesville Mayor Hayes and the city council unanimously adopted the City of Gainesville’s fiscal year 2025 budget on July 2 after a public hearing that drew no speakers.
City manager Brian Lackey summarized the budget as the council’s final hearing on the plan, saying the general fund is up “a little bit of increase, 7.32% over last year.” He told council members the proposed millage rate for general government would remain unchanged at 0.239 mills and noted a proposed 5% cost-of-living increase for employees: “There’s a…
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