Pasco: County approves budget, tax rate

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County approves budget, tax rate

By Times Staff Writer
Published September 11, 2007

DADE CITY -- County Commissioners on Monday night approved Pasco's tax rate and $1.2-billion budget for 2007-08 during the first of two public hearings on the plan. The proposed millage rate for the general fund is $5.43 per $1,000 of taxable property value. State-ordered tax cuts led to a $15.8-million hole in the county's spending plan.

After several public showdowns with the sheriff over his funding requests, as well as other cuts, officials made up most of that deficit. Pasco still faces a nearly $2-million shortfall that must be dealt with by the final budget hearing Sept. 25, although about half of that could be made up with savings from a hiring freeze that began this summer. Commissioners on Monday also adopted a $47 annual fee to be assessed on every homeowner to pay for drainage improvements. The new budget year begins Oct. 1.

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by mike	09/11/07 09:29 PM
Do you know that these comm. get $79.000 a year for a part time job. Whats up with that! Cut there pay and Whites too. That will save almost over 300 thousand. Come on people lets take back our Gov't. Tar and feather them and run them out of town!

by James	09/11/07 04:55 PM
If you can't afford $47 perhaps you should start looking for a new job instead of new commissioners.

by Ronnie	09/11/07 08:35 AM
A new $47 fee to every homeowner. Imagine that. You people just done get it. Start looking for new jobs. Incumbents are not going to fare well in the next election.

by Al	09/11/07 08:34 AM
The drainage fee is a joke-just a slee zy way of increasing the Pasco taxpayers burden instead of curbing the county spending bindge! I will remember this come election time. Can't afford this bunch anymore!!!