Miami Lakes Council could still hike tax rate — but maybe not as much

Miami Lakes Council could still hike tax rate — but maybe not as much

Town manager, council member say it won’t be 36% The Miami Lakes Town Council has set a tentative property tax rate for next year — and brace yourself, Lakers, because it’s higher than anything you’ve seen in nearly a decade. The new ceiling? It’s 2.6372 mills, or $2.63 for every $1,000 of taxable property value. That’s before all the exemptions, of course. That’s a whopping 36%  increase and, according to the Miami-Dade property appraiser, it’s…