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Manatee County weighs steep property‑tax cuts as staff plans workshops and quick survey
Summary
County staff warned the commission that proposed state-driven property-tax relief could shave tens to hundreds of millions from county revenue; commissioners backed a program of short public workshops and a later scientific survey to map tradeoffs, while staff detailed specific service reductions that a larger cut would force.
Manatee County officials spent the bulk of a work session explaining how a wave of state‑level and ballot-driven proposals could sharply reduce county property‑tax revenue and force hard choices about services.
Claudia Campos, interim chief financial officer, told the Board of County Commissioners the county’s general‑fund revenues were budgeted at $645,260,000 for FY 2026, and that property taxes account for roughly $327,350,000 of that total. Using the adopted FY‑26 figures, staff modeled a range of possible millage reductions: a 0.05‑mill cut would lower revenue by about $3.7 million; a 0.5‑mill cut would reduce revenue by…
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