3 Islands Safe Neighborhood District board adopts tentative 0.4584-mil millage and FY2025–26 budget

The 3 Islands Safe Neighborhood District Board of Directors voted to adopt a tentative ad valorem tax millage rate of 0.4584 mil and a tentative annual budget for fiscal year 2025–26 at its first budget hearing.

According to budget staff, “the tentative millage rate set by the board is 0.4584 mil, which will generate revenues of $435,941 representing a 26.44% decrease.” The board approved the millage resolution on a roll-call vote recorded as four yes votes and the vice chair absent.

The board also considered and adopted a resolution setting a tentative annual budget for 2025–26. Budget monitoring brought the proposal forward, a motion and second were recorded, and the board approved the budget on a 4-0 vote with the vice chair absent.

Earlier in the meeting the board approved the minutes from its June 18 meeting by the same 4-0 tally. The hearing opened at 5:45 p.m.; the clerk recorded the meeting as adjourned approximately one minute later and noted the body reconvened with the city commission.

Votes at a glance

- Item 6a: Resolution adopting tentative ad valorem tax millage 0.4584 mil; revenue estimate $435,941; vote 4–0, Vice Chair absent. - Item 6b: Resolution adopting tentative annual budget for FY2025–26; vote 4–0, Vice Chair absent.

What this means

Adoption of tentative millage and budget sets the framework for the district’s proposed tax rate and spending plan for the coming fiscal year; both measures are tentative and typically return for final adoption after statutorily required notices and hearings. No public commenters signed up for the public participation portion of the hearing.

The board did not provide a final effective date in the hearing record; staff presented the items and the board approved them, to be followed by any additional statutorily required steps.