BOCC Preliminary Budget Meeting, July 22, 2026
Approves Tentative health department millage rate at 0.0544 (rollback), 5-0
What happened
This was a preliminary (TRIM) budget hearing for Citrus County, not a land-use meeting; no zoning, development, or entitlement decisions occurred.
- Jurisdiction
- Citrus County, FL
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- July 22, 2026
- Decisions
- 8 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 5-0
Free sample: decision 1 of 8
Tentative general fund millage rate at 6.9898 (failed)
Commissioner Kennard moved to set the tentative general fund millage rate at 6.9898, seconded by Commissioner Davis. On roll call, Bays no, Kennard yes, Baric no, Davis aye, and the chair voting yes did not reach the required 4-vote supermajority; motion failed.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
This was a preliminary (TRIM) budget hearing for Citrus County, not a land-use meeting; no zoning, development, or entitlement decisions occurred.
Key Decisions (8)
Tentative general fund millage rate at 6.9898 (failed)
Tentative transportation millage rate at .9860
Tentative health department millage rate at 0.0544 (rollback)
Tentative library millage rate at 0.3034
Tentative fire rescue millage rate at .5780
Tentative law enforcement MSTU millage rate at 0.0000
Tentative general fund millage rate at rollback 6.7382
Approve and authorize staff to execute TRIM compliance forms
Market Signals (5)
Infrastructure
Citrus County is roughly $750 million behind on road resurfacing,…
Infrastructure
The FY26 budget proposes a $65.7 million CIP including $15…
Sentiment
Commissioners cite rising cost-of-living and affordability concerns, with the board…
Who Spoke (11)
On the record: the chair, 4 commissioners, 2 staff members, and 2 members of the public.
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