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Polk County adopts 6.6348 countywide millage for 2025–26, board cites need to maintain services
Summary
The Polk County Commission approved a 6.6348 mills countywide millage rate for FY2025–26 — 4.3% higher than the rollback rate — saying the increase is needed to maintain services; several MSTU rates were also read and adopted.
The Polk County Board of County Commissioners on Sept. 15 approved the countywide operating millage rate for fiscal year 2025–26 at 6.6348 mills. Kristia Johnson, Polk County budget and management services director, told commissioners the adopted tentative countywide rate is 0.2741 mills (4.3%) above the rollback rate of 6.3607 mills.
Johnson said the rollback calculation would have produced $459,120,678 in ad valorem revenue, while the adopted tentative rate is projected to generate about $478,000,000. She said the $19,784,768 difference is an increase necessary to maintain services funded by this levy. "The fiscal year 25 26 total Countywide adopted tentative millage rate is 6.6348 mils," Johnson said when reading the statutory materials.
The board adopted the millage rates by voice vote after staff presented the rates and recommended a resolution establishing the FY25–26 operating millage. The chair called for a motion and, after a second, asked ‘‘All in favor?’’ Commissioners responded ‘‘Aye’’ and the chair declared the motion carried.
The hearing included statutory readings of the millage amounts and rollback comparisons; staff noted several MSTUs (municipal services taxing units) had modest increases relative to their rollback rates.
