Brooksville council approves slight increase to fire assessment, generating about $20,000

The Brooksville City Council voted unanimously Sept. 9 to adopt Resolution 2024-11, which confirms the city’s fire protection assessments for fiscal year 2024-25 and the maximum rates that may be imposed without further notice.

Peter Napoli of Stantec Consulting told the council the residential assessment would rise from $179.85 to $181.05 — an increase Napoli described as “a slight increase in the fire assessment rates.” He said the change would generate about $20,000 in additional revenue and that the assessment roll will produce roughly $1,145,000 for the program.

The consultant said the assessment methodology allocates costs by calls for service among residential, commercial and industrial properties and noted this is the final year of the five-year plan adopted in 2019. He said statutory notices were mailed to 16 newly added parcels on the assessment roll and one new commercial property.

After Napoli’s presentation the council opened the public hearing; no members of the public spoke. A council member moved to approve the resolution and, after a second, the chair announced the motion passed 5 to 0.

The resolution’s text, as read by the clerk, directs certification of the assessment roll to the tax collector and provides for the method of collection and an effective date. The council did not amend the rates during the meeting and did not receive public objections during the hearing.

The action advances the city’s FY2025 funding for fire protection services; the resolution will be certified per the procedure described on the record.