Board of County Commissioners (Budget)

Board Room

Agenda — 35 items

1. 1 CALL TO ORDER (MARTHA SANTIAGO, CHAIR)
2. 1 Rollcall
3. A. FINAL ASSESSMENT RESOLUTIONS AND NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLLS (RANDY MINK, COUNTY ATTORNEY)
4. 2 Note
5. A.1. Public Hearing to consider adoption of the Final Rate Resolution for the 2026-27 Street Lighting Assessments. (No fiscal impact) 26-1796 Approved Pass
6. 3 Note
7. A.2. Public Hearing to consider adoption of the Final Rate Resolution for the 2026-27 Master Inwood Street Lighting Municipal Service Benefit Unit ("MSBU"). (No fiscal impact) 26-1801 Approved Pass
8. A.3. Public Hearing to consider adoption of the Final Rate Resolution for the 2026-27 Skyview Utility Municipal Service Benefit Unit ("MSBU"). (No fiscal impact) 26-1802 Approved Pass
9. 5 Rollcall
10. A.4. Public Hearing to consider adoption of the Final Rate Resolution for the 2026-27 Island Club West Utility Municipal Service Benefit Unit ("MSBU"). ($68,534.14 estimated assessment revenue) 26-1803 Approved Pass
11. A.5. Public Hearing to consider adoption of the final Rate Resolution for the 2026-27 East Bimini Bay Utility Municipal Service Benefit Unit ("MSBU"). ($65,369.88 estimated assessment revenue) 26-1798 Approved Pass
12. A.6. Public Hearing to consider adoption of the Final Rate Resolution for the 2026-27 Fire Services Non-Ad Valorem Assessments. ($99,736,742.00 estimated assessment revenue) 26-1800 Approved Pass
13. A.7. Public Hearing to consider adoption of the Residential Waste Program Services Final Assessment Resolution and Setting the Assessment Rate for Fiscal Year 2026-27. 26-1797 Approved Pass
14. A.8. Public Hearing to consider adoption of the Final Rate Resolution and Assessment Roll for the 2026-27 Nuisance Abatement Assessments. 26-1804 Approved Pass
15. A.9. Public Hearing to consider the adoption of the Final Assessment Resolution and Assessment Roll for the 2026-27 Excessive Bulk Waste Assessments 26-1799 Approved Pass
16. A.10. Request the Board designate Assistant County Attorney Noah Milov to certify the 2026-27 Final Assessment Rolls to the Tax Collector. 26-1795 Approved Pass
17. B. PURPOSE OF PUBLIC HEARING
18. B.1. Discuss the purpose of the Public Hearing for the FY 26/27 Budget - Randy Mink, County Attorney 26-1769
19. B.2. Budget Introduction - Bill Beasley, County Manager 26-1771
20. B.3. Budget Presentation - Christia Johnson, Budget and Management Services Director 26-1772
21. C. DISCUSS PROPOSED TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATES FOR FY 26/27 (CHRISTIA JOHNSON, BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR)
22. C.1. Discuss the FY 26/27 Board of County Commissioners proposed tentative operating millage rate. 26-1773
23. C.2. Discuss the FY 26/27 proposed tentative millage rate for the Polk County Parks Municipal Services Taxing Unit (MSTU), Polk County Library MSTU, Polk County Stormwater MSTU, and Polk County Rancho Bonito MSTU. 26-1774
24. D. DISCUSS PROPOSED TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR FY 26/27 (CHRISTIA JOHNSON, BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR)
25. D.1. Discuss the FY 26/27 proposed tentative budget totaling $3,911,064,517. 26-1775
26. D.2. Discuss the FY 26/27 Polk County Parks MSTU proposed tentative budget totaling $48,995,923, Polk County Library MSTU proposed tentative budget totaling $13,453,894, Polk County Stormwater MSTU proposed tentative budget totaling $17,238,517, and Polk County Rancho Bonito MSTU proposed tentative budget totaling $78,146. 26-1776
27. E. PUBLIC HEARING ON FY 26/27 PROPOSED TENTATIVE BUDGET AND MILLAGE RATES (MARTHA SANTIAGO, CHAIR)
28. E.1. Requests from the public to speak regarding the FY 26/27 Proposed Tentative Operating Budget and Millage Rates, which include the Parks MSTU, Library MSTU, Stormwater MSTU, and Rancho Bonito MSTU. 26-1777
29. F. SET THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATES FOR FY 26/27 (MARTHA SANTIAGO, CHAIR)
30. F.1. Recommend Board adopt the resolution establishing the FY 26/27 tentative operating millage rate of 6.6348 mills, which is a 1.8% increase over the rolled-back rate of 6.5200 mills; the tentative millage rate of 0.5286 mills for the Polk County Parks MSTU, which is a 1.3% increase over the rolled-back rate of 0.5218 mills; the tentative millage rate of 0.1985 mills for the Polk County Library MSTU, which is a 1.3% increase over the rolled-back rate of 0.1959 mills; the tentative millage rate of 0.0941 mills for the Polk County Stormwater MSTU, which is a 1.3% increase over the rolled-back rate of 0.0929; and the tentative millage rate of 9.1272 mills for the Polk County Rancho Bonito MSTU, which is a 0.7% increase over the rolled-back rate of 9.0638 mills. 26-1778 Approved Pass
31. G. SET THE TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR FY 26/27 (MARTHA SANTIAGO, CHAIR)
32. G.1. Recommend Board adopt the resolution adopting the FY 26/27 tentative budget of $3,911,064,517, the FY 26/27 tentative budget of $48,995,923 for the Polk County Parks MSTU, the FY 26/27 tentative budget of $13,453,894 for the Polk County Library MSTU, the FY 26/27 tentative budget of $17,238,517 for the Polk County Stormwater MSTU, and the FY 26/27 tentative budget of $78,146 for the Polk County Rancho Bonito MSTU. 26-1779 Approved Pass
33. H. SET THE FY 26/27 SECOND PUBLIC HEARING DATE/TIME (MARTHA SANTIAGO, CHAIR)
34. H.1. Recommend the Board set the date, time, and place for the Public Hearing to adopt a final millage rate and budget on September 21, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the Commission Boardroom. 26-1780 Approved Pass
35. 31 ADJOURNMENT (MARTHA SANTIAGO, CHAIR)

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