Temple Terrace adopts tentative 6.455 mill rate for FY2027

The City of Temple Terrace City Council adopted a tentative millage rate of 6.455 mills for fiscal year 2027 at its July 22 special meeting. Finance Director James Ingram recommended the rate and told the council it represents no change from the prior year.

James Ingram, the city’s finance director, summarized the legal and procedural framework for the budget step, saying the city’s “first step in the annual budget adoption process is to compute a proposed tentative millage rate necessary to fund the tentative budget using no less than 95% of the taxable value certified by the property appraiser.” He told council that “On or before 08/04/2026, the city is required to advise the property appraiser of the proposed tentative millage rate.”

Ingram recommended the tentative millage at 6.455 mills and noted the figure is unchanged from the previous year. He also explained the council could reduce the rate at the first or final budget public hearings in September, but if the final rate exceeds the tentative rate the city would be required to notify taxpayers by first-class mail. The council moved and voted to adopt the tentative rate without recorded public comment or substantive questions in the transcript.

The action establishes the tentative levy for the budget process; the rate may be adjusted later during formal budget hearings. The council did not record additional votes or amendments to the tentative rate during this special meeting.