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Originally Posted by Aloha1
Surprised this hasn't already been posted here. The latest move by the "Gang Of Three" to ignore their own decision to table any tax increase until their July meeting and proceed to increase everyone in Sumter County's taxes smacks of a violation of their fiduciary responsibility.
And why is this happening? Because the State legislature has put a halt to these egregious increases as of July 1st. So our new overlords want to enact their increase on June 30th. Way to go. Just ignore any research or learning and proceed to "kill" without due process.
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"increase everyone in Sumter County's taxes" and "smacks of a violation of their fiduciary responsibility"??? That certainly doesn't sound like the situation with the Impact fees - those are what were moved up from July.
It is questionable whether the State can interfere in local decisions in the way the new bill attempts to do. Taking action now before the State attempts to prevent them from performing their fiduciary responsibilities is the right move.
"ignore any research???" You mean the 2019 study to determine what the impact fees ought to be? It seems like their position is to use that research, not ignore it.
This is a complicated issue which requires serious consideration not knee-jerk accusations.
EDIT: Are you referring to raising the maximum fire protection assessment? As others have already mentioned, this does not raise the assessment, it only raises the maximum allowed assessment; actually raising the assessment itself will come later. And, as I understand it, the bill in the State legislature wouldn't affect this assessment (though I will be looking into that since I might be mistaken)