September is budget hearing season in Palmetto Bay. The decisions
made for this upcoming year will impact the municipal services you
receive, how much you pay in taxes and, if the decisions are not
controlled, can lead to far-reaching impact on future budget
commitments through increased recurring budget commitments.
Several budget workshops were held in July - but note that the important steps are the actual budget hearings to be held in September. The actual decisions are made at these hearings.
Note that our budget is an ordinance, it is passed in a first, then second reading.
FIRST BUDGET HEARING - Monday, September 11, 2017 - 7:00 PM
(Preceding Regular Council Meeting)
(Preceding Regular Council Meeting)
SECOND BUDGET HEARING - Monday, September 25, 2017 - 7:00 PM
Note
that both budget hearings shall be held in the Village Hall Municipal
Center, 9705 East Hibiscus Street, Palmetto Bay, FL 33157.
Please
note that the village council has set the maximum milage rate, and has
determined that our property tax rate will NOT be increased for this
coming fiscal year, beginning October 1, 2017. The Village Council may
still reduce our property tax rate for this upcoming year - based upon
the restraint shown through the budget process.
The
budget process will be the time that we review the services we receive
and whether Palmetto Bay remains committed to "Government Lite". This
is OUR money, YOUR money, and you need to stay involved.
It
is important to review what other areas pay, as well as the services
that are provided. I am posting below the comparable municipal tax
rates; UMSA, Pinecrest, Palmetto Bay and Cutler Bay are posted below:
1.9283
Unincorporated Miami Dade County (UMSA) - Paid by residents in
surrounding areas such as the Falls, East Kendall, Goulds, The Redland,
etc. (This is the rate we would be paying had we not incorporated.)
2.3000 Pinecrest
2.3292 Palmetto Bay
2.3907 Cutler Bay
Please begin your own review and contact me via e-mail at eflinn@palmettobay-fl.gov or via phone at (305) 302-3713 to discuss.
Please see my post from last year (September 29, 2016): Palmetto Bay Mayor & Council approve the lowest property tax millage rate in Village history - 2.3292 mills.,
I was proud of the collaboration of the village council in lowering the tax rate - as that is the direction our tax burden should be heading.
I was proud of the collaboration of the village council in lowering the tax rate - as that is the direction our tax burden should be heading.
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