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Staff models $5.4 million worst-case homestead tax loss; suggests cuts and limited offsets
Summary
County staff presented a hypothetical scenario in which elimination of homestead ad valorem revenue would remove about $5.4 million from board-funded operations, outlined department-level cuts that still leave a multi-million-dollar shortfall, and discussed options including raising fire assessments and pursuing utility franchise fees.
Bradford County staff presented an informational exercise modeling the potential local impact if a statewide change eliminated roughly $5.4 million in homestead-property tax revenue the county currently collects. Staff stressed the presentation was not a recommendation but an attempt to show commissioners and the public what a worst-case revenue loss could require.
Staff said the county’s total property-related revenue is about $15.5 million and that the $5.4 million figure represents the homestead-exemption portion. The model excluded constitutional officers and treated sheriff and fire department funding as protected for two years in the scenario; presenters warned the protections and the composition of the final legislation are uncertain and "the devil’s in the details." A presenter summarized the objective: "We want to show the board and the public what a loss in $5.4…
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