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Miramar commissioners press lobbyists on outreach, sliding-scale tax ideas
Summary
Commissioners asked lobbyists whether smaller, targeted changes (sliding scales for disability exemptions, home-improvement valuation protections) could provide relief without crippling municipal budgets and how the city should communicate Tallahassee developments to residents.
Commissioner Chambers and Commissioner Sherazard pressed lobbyists for more nuance on the property-tax conversation and for concrete outreach to Miramar residents. Chambers asked how the city could better explain the Tallahassee debate to the public, noting that many voters do not follow state policymaking.
Ronald Brown and Katya Saint relayed that legislators are still in an educational phase and suggested simple, repeatable communications: weekly reports and an end-of-session summary. "We send out weekly reports on what's happening in Tallahassee, and we also send out reports at the end of session," Katya Saint said, offering to distill that material into a "top 10" item list for the city's newsletter.
Commissioners asked staff to consider more targeted or phased approaches to tax-relief proposals rather than all-or-nothing measures; the lobbyists replied that practical policy details and administrative feasibility remain outstanding and that any approach will require further analysis and advocacy.
