Tentative Budget Hearing, September 10, 2026
Approves Adoption of FY2026-27 Tentative Millage Rates, 4-1
What happened
The Citrus County Board of County Commissioners held its tentative budget hearing for FY2026-27, adopting a total proposed budget of $540 million and a tentative aggregate millage rate of 8.6085 mills (a 0.58% increase over the rollback rate).
- Jurisdiction
- Citrus County, FL
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- September 10, 2026
- Decisions
- 2 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 4-1
Free sample: decision 1 of 2
Adoption of FY2026-27 Tentative Millage Rates
Motion to adopt tentative millage rates and authorize the chairman to execute a resolution: general fund 6.7382, transportation 0.9860, health department 0.0544 (total countywide 7.7786), library services 0.3034, fire taxing district 0.0000, fire MSTU 0.5780, law enforcement MSTU 0.0000, stormwater...
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Meeting Summary
The Citrus County Board of County Commissioners held its tentative budget hearing for FY2026-27, adopting a total proposed budget of $540 million and a tentative aggregate millage rate of 8.6085 mills (a 0.58% increase over the rollback rate).
Key Decisions (2)
Adoption of FY2026-27 Tentative Millage Rates
Adoption of FY2026-27 Tentative Budget
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Market Signals (3)
Infrastructure
The county reallocated $1.6 million from administration cuts to road…
Sentiment
Staff modeled a potential 20% hole in general fund ad…
Other
A proposed millage decrease to 8.6600 (from 8.9249) but still…
Who spoke
10 distinct speakers; 4 identified names.
All speaker roles: 3 Commissioner, 1 Chair, 2 Public, 2 Staff, 1 Unknown, 1 Clerk.
Identified name roles: 1 Chair, 2 Staff, 1 Commissioner.
Speaker sample: Steve Howard, Staff.
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Zoning terms (1)
2 recorded timestamps
- motion to approve (2 timestamps)
Decision moments (2)
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