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Old 10-21-2022, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Byte1 View Post
Ok, great. Then the rest of the county, non-TV residences will pay the bulk of the CO's IFD/VPSD? How will that go over? Something doesn't quite seem right here. That means, even if they don't make it up in some other manner, a large chunk of revenue coming from TV will to the county will cease and the remainder of the Sumter Co. residents will have to make up the deficit. Or, am I missing something?
Don Wiley is the expert on this, I am not. However, I interpreted his statements to mean that residents of TV in Sumter County will pay for the VSPD and not the rest of the county, and the residents of the non-Villages part of Sumter County will pay for their part. His numbers showed the costs to be about the same, about 25% coming from the per parcel assessment and the rest out of the general budget. When split off, all of the 18-19 million costs for the VSPD will come from the "fee", so that part will go up---someone calculated from $124 to $516. That increase should be offset by a reduction in county tax, since they will no longer be paying that 18-19 million. Of course, you will still pay general county taxes, and therefore your total tax bill will be dependent upon the county doing the "right thing"