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Palm Coast News – City Council Holds Budget Workshop Meeting at 9am

Palm Coast News – City Council Holds Budget Workshop Meeting at 9am

The City meeting this morning centered around the budget for fiscal year 2024. This meeting was, essentially a summary of the budget before next month's business meeting. The presentation covered the enter budget, including increases and decreases amongst the different departments. The budget summary covered not only all the departments, but all facets of the City Budget including the General Fund, the Proprietary Fund, Capital Fund, Internal Service Funds, and other funds. In the middle of this presentation, the Palm Coast Fire Chief came to update the City Council on the incoming storm. The Fire Chief stated that while we…
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Special Budget and Millage Rate Meeting Brings Another Round of Outrage, Strong Emotions and Lines of Resident Commenters.

Special Budget and Millage Rate Meeting Brings Another Round of Outrage, Strong Emotions and Lines of Resident Commenters.

Thursday September 8th the council held a special meeting to adopt a tentative millage rate and budget.  This does not mean that the budget and millage rate is set in stone yet, but it appears to be the path that the council is walking down.   Council heard a presentation on the proposed budget along with any increases that will take place from the 2022-year to the 2023-year.  Here is a brief overview of some of the increases in departments:  Water/Wastewater budget increased 13%, Building Find increased 9.4%, Solid Waste fund increased 55%, IT increased 30%. Most of these increases are…
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