Public hearing set for Jeff Davis Parish 2026 tax millage rates

Commissioners propose a slightly smaller tax rate

County commissioners took the first major step Wednesday toward adopting Citrus County’s 2026-27 budget, approving tentative property tax rates while emphasizing that the spending plan remains a work in progress and could change before final adoption in September.

Public hearing set for Jeff Davis Parish 2026 tax millage rates

The Jefferson Davis Parish Police Jury is scheduled to hold a public hearing on August 12 to consider proposed property tax millage rates for the 2026 tax year.

Okaloosa Commissioners set tentative millage rate, debate future of school resource officer funding

Okaloosa County Commissioners voted 4-1 on Tuesday to hold the county’s property tax millage rate at 3.8308 mills for the 11th consecutive year, but not before a lengthy debate over whether the county should continue funding half of the school resource officer program, a discussion that carried directly into Chairman Trey Goodwin’s unsuccessful motion to cut that funding and lower the tax rate. Near the end of the July 21 budget workshop, follow…