Board votes 3-0 to approve millage rate of 7.78 ...more

July 30, 2008

It's not going to be an easy year. That's the word from the members of the Hernando County School Board, who voted 3-0 Tuesday during their first budget hearing to approve a proposed millage rate of 7.78, which will generate $84.4 million in tax revenues at 95 percent collections. ...more

July 30, 2008

Faced with a shaky economy and under pressure to make deep cuts, Budget Director George Zoettlein on Monday unveiled a proposed 2009 budget that keeps intact the county's 5.43 millage rate. ...more

July 15, 2008

Mill levy unchanged at 5.43 ...more

July 15, 2008

How much is Hernando County worth these days? Thanks to Amendment 1 and plummeting property values, not nearly as much as last year. ...more

July 8, 2008

Home permits down 58 percent for first six months of 2008. ...more

July 7, 2008

SEBRING –– Some Highlands County roads may sit a while longer before they're repaved, and other proposed projects may be pushed back due to an anticipated shortfall in sales tax revenues. The local one-cent sales tax that shoppers pay is used to build and maintain many of the roads, bridges and some other buildings throughout the county. For this fiscal year, County Budget Manager Tim Mechling said he expects only $7.8 million of the $9.1 million in sales tax revenue to come his way. The 15-percent anticipated drop in revenues mean that the county's infrastructure fund will have to do with less. . Though Mechling declined to mention specific projects that could be on the chopping block because the the county commissioners have not decided yet, Mechling said the county may delay several planned road resurfacing and some new construction. "It's something we're still working out," he said. ...more

July 6, 2008

Declining property values and bigger tax breaks for homeowners drained about $2.9 billion from Pasco County's taxable property value during the yearlong period ending Jan. 1. ...more

July 1, 2008

County Commissioner David Russell took exception to some of the data presented by planning department staffers during Tuesday's discussion on a proposed 25 percent impact fee reduction. ...more

June 26, 2008

RUSSELL CALLS PERMIT INFORMATION IRRELEVANT ...more

June 25, 2008