Sumter County Council on June 28, 2022 kept Sumter School District millage at 159.4 (passed 6–1), voted to place a one-cent Capital Project Sales Tax (the 'Penny for Progress') on the November ballot with a $107,266,500 project list and a $40,000,000 bond authorization subject to referendum, and discussed FEMA flood-map concerns; a public comment raised safety questions about Highway 76/378 and requested clearer project details.