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Hillsborough County sets preliminary millage rates, schedules Sept. budget hearings
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners voted 4–3 to set preliminary FY2025 millage rates required for TRIM notices, advertising an aggregate millage increase and scheduling two public hearings in September. The action preserves a 0.1‑mill swap that shifts revenue between countywide and unincorporated funds.
The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners voted 4–3 on July 31 to set preliminary operating and debt‑service millages for FY2025 and to schedule the first public budget hearing for Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. at the Frederick B. Karl County Center.
Commissioner Cohen read the motion, which set the countywide general revenue fund at 5.6309 mills and the total countywide millage at 5.6913 mills; the motion listed the proposed non‑countywide general purpose municipal services taxing unit at 4.4745 mills and reported the Department of Revenue form percent change as a 3.02% increase. “By approving this motion, the appropriate official is authorized to execute the necessary Department of Revenue forms,” Cohen said while reading the motion into the record.
Budget staff had explained earlier that the FY2025 recommended budget is approximately $10.15 billion in total, with operating dollars near $3.5 billion and general‑fund reserves at about 23.3% of policy. Kevin Brickey, the county’s budget director, described a recommended 0.1‑mill “millage swap” that reduces countywide collections by roughly $16.8 million while increasing revenue available to unincorporated areas by about $10 million, producing a net county revenue change of about a $6.78 million reduction.
The millage setting is a statutorily required step so the property appraiser can issue TRIM (truth in millage) notices to parcel owners; staff emphasized that the board must advertise the not‑to‑exceed millages now but may adopt lower millages at subsequent public hearings. The motion carried 4–3 on the roll call.
