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Charlotte County board adopts FY2024–25 consolidated budget, sets 2025 tax levies
Summary
At a special May 1 meeting the Charlotte County Board of Supervisors approved a $74,707,066 consolidated budget (reduced by $28,688) and set 2025 tax levies, including a $0.62 real-estate rate per $100 and a $25 vehicle registration fee.
Chairman Gary D. Walker called a special called meeting of the Charlotte County Board of Supervisors to order at 8:00 a.m. on May 1, 2024. County Administrator Daniel Witt read the Code of Accessibility.
The board voted to adopt the FY2024–2025 Consolidated Budget as advertised, with one reduction of $28,688. The budget as presented totaled $74,707,066. Supervisor Walter T. Bailey made the motion to approve the consolidated budget; Supervisor Hazel Bowman Smith seconded. The minutes record a roll-call vote recording all present supervisors in the affirmative and one supervisor absent; the motion passed.
The board then set tax levies for the FY2025 tax year. Supervisor Bailey moved to set the following rates; Supervisor Henry Carwile seconded. The board established the following levies: Real Estate & Mobile Homes, $0.62 per $100 of assessed value; Personal Property, $3.46 per $100; Machinery & Tools, $3.00 per $100; Merchant's Capital, $3.20 per $100; License Registration Fee, $25.00 per vehicle. The motion was approved by roll call as recorded in the minutes.
The meeting minutes show the vote tallies with all present supervisors voting in favor and Supervisor Robert L. Shook Jr. listed as absent. The meeting was adjourned with the clerk’s attestation on the record.
Note on participant names in the record: the minutes state that County Administrator Daniel Witt read the Code of Accessibility, and the attestation line lists "Daniel N. Witt, Clerk." The transcript uses both forms; the minutes do not clarify whether these refer to the same individual or two different staff members. The article presents the names exactly as they appear in the meeting record.
The board took no other public actions during the special called meeting; there were no public comments recorded in the minutes. The consolidated budget and the tax levies now stand as approved for implementation in the FY2024–2025 cycle and for the 2025 tax year, respectively.
