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Brevard County staff outline 2026 budget constraints and warn proposed homestead exemption could cut services
Summary
County budget staff told commissioners that CPI of 2.63% will constrain ad valorem growth under the charter cap, that operating revenue totals about $1.19 billion in 2026, and warned a proposed state homestead-exemption change (identified in staff materials as "House Resolution 203") could sharply reduce non‑school revenues and force cuts unless alternate local revenues are adopted.
Keith Netter, interim director of the Budget Office, told the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners that staff will use a 2.63% CPI figure for fiscal-year 2027 charter-cap calculations and reviewed the county’s revenue mix and legal limits.
“For fiscal year 2027, we’ll be using a CPI of 2.63%,” Netter said, explaining that the charter cap limits the amount of ad valorem revenue the county may collect to the lower of 3% or CPI. He showed staff estimates that operating revenue in 2026 is about $1,190,000,000 and that total county expenses are roughly $2,500,000,000, with the difference driven largely by…
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