Budget Public Hearing - Tentative Budget and Proposed Millage Rates for Fiscal Year 2027 (5:05pm), September 8, 2026
Approves Ordinance suspending data center development applications (2026-43), 5-0
What happened
Lake County held the first of two required public hearings on the fiscal year 2027 tentative budget, adopting tentative millage rates, budget changes ($150,080,143), the tentative budget ($1,109,315,071), and setting the final adoption hearing for September 22, 2026, all on 5-0 v…
- Jurisdiction
- Lake County, FL
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- September 8, 2026
- Decisions
- 5 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 5-0
Free sample: decision 1 of 5
Adoption of tentative millage rates for FY2027
Board adopted the proposed tentative millage rates for fiscal year 2027, including a general fund operating millage of 5.0254 mills (4.19% over the rollback rate of 4.8235), ambulance MSTU 0.4629 mills, fire rescue MSTU 0.48 mills, stormwater/parks/roads MSTU 0.4957 mills, Wellness Way MSTU 0.1454 mills (61.2% below rollback), water authority 0.2940 mills, and public lands voted debt service 0.0719 mills. Passed unanimously (5-0).
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
Lake County held the first of two required public hearings on the fiscal year 2027 tentative budget, adopting tentative millage rates, budget changes ($150,080,143), the tentative budget ($1,109,315,071), and setting the final adoption hearing for September 22, 2026, all on 5-0 v…
Key Decisions (5)
Adoption of tentative millage rates for FY2027
Adoption of changes to recommended FY2027 budget
Adoption of FY2027 tentative budget
Approval of final adoption public hearing date
Ordinance suspending data center development applications (2026-43)
Market Signals (5)
Infrastructure
Lake County has a significant road funding gap and only…
Infrastructure
Lake County has spent $18 million on hurricane recovery since…
Commercial Demand
Lake County is pausing all data center development applications for…
Who Spoke (12)
On the record: a commissioner, 2 staff members, and 3 members of the public.
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