At a special board meeting Monday, Lee County staff plans to recommend the millage rate for fiscal year 2025-2026 stay the same as 2024-2025. The current Lee County millage rate is 3.7623 per $1,000 of assessed property value.
The two public hearings Lee County will hold on the budget are September 4th and September 16th at 5:05 p.m. in the Old Lee County Courthouse Commission Chambers Meeting Room. The entire annual Lee County budget is approximately $2.8 billion.
On Tuesday the Fort Myers Beach Town Council will consider a millage rate increase of .99 per $1,000 of assessed property value to 1.25, a 26% increase over the current fiscal year. The town’s 2 budget public hearings are September 11th and September 24th at 5:01 pm.
The reason town staff is giving for the increase is a $12 million bridge loan the town still has to pay back to the state. The money was given to the town by the state to help keep the town running after Hurricane Ian.
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