BRADENTON ― Tuesday night was the final public hearing for setting Manatee County's 2016 ad valorem millage rate and 2016 Budget. Commissioners gave lip-service but kept their hands on the purse.
It was back in August when the commission sealed the deal by setting the ad valorem (property tax) millage rate, so members were free to give only lip-service to the audience of 40 or more who came to assure their job and services would still be there in the morning.
$184 million of the $564 budget comes from property taxes. $201 million comes from service charges, $95 million from licenses and permits, $52 million from Inter-governmental and $32 million from other taxes.
Where the dollars will go: $155 million goes to Public Safety, $146 million to physical environment, $75 million to general government, $65 million to capital overlay, $45 million to public transportation, $24 million to human services and $54 million goes to other (culture, recreation, etc.).
Again Commissioner Robin DiSabatino's motion to move $1 million for additional officers from the general fund failed 5-2, with her and Commissioner Vanessa Baugh voting for the motion. The failed vote left the department dozens of officers short of what surrounding counties' per-capita ratio is.
The final votes were:
1. Adoption of Resolution B-16-004 setting final millage rates FY 15-16 ― Approved, 6-1, DiSabatino, dissent.
2. Adoption of Resolution B-16-005 annual Budget for Manatee County ― Approved, 5-2, DiSabatino and Baugh dissent.
3. Adoption for Resolution B-16-005 Budget for Manatee County Dependent Special Taxing District ― Approved, Unanimous
4. Adoption of Resolution R-15-155 for the Manatee County Capital Improvement Program FY 2016-2020 ― Approved, Unanimous
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