[John Mayes]

Originally Posted by SusanStCatherine

Compare the water rates. Wildwood city pays up to four times more than northern villages.

Not sure where you got that info from.

Utilities - Rate Information

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by John Mayes

Not Leesburg. Lee County.

Are you sure you don't mean Lake County? It looks like Leesburg, Fruitland Park, and Lady Lake are all in Lake County.

I was just comparing the city tax rates for Leesburg and Wildwood, not county rates.

[pauld315]

Originally Posted by sdeikenberry

About 5 years ago Wildwood was a very small and poor town. Then TV decided to expand south of 44 and Wildwood saw the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. They started annexing farmland that would become part of TV, and their coffers grew so now they are a town with considerable tax revenue. Folks in TV who live north of 44 do not have this issue, and do not pay nearly $1,000 extra each year to a town, nor do almost all homes north of 466 have any bond to pay. it does matter where you live in TV.

The developers encouraged Wildwood to annex the land. They wanted Wildwood to get boatloads of money so they would have money to fix up that town that had a very high rate of poverty at the time. They figured it is a gateway to TV and they wanted it brought up to a good standard. I do believe that much of the Villages south of 466A to 44 is also included.

[John Mayes]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Are you sure you don't mean Lake County? It looks like Leesburg, Fruitland Park, and Lady Lake are all in Lake County.

I was just comparing the city tax rates for Leesburg and Wildwood, not county rates.

My mistake. I had a brain freeze….should be Lake County, not Lee.

[Boston1945]

Simple. The map was drawn up in a small bar on 301 many years ago late one sat. night.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by John Mayes

Not sure where you got that info from.

Utilities - Rate Information

Comparing the potable and sewer rate per gallon for a Wildwood address and a non-Wildwood address, it appears that the Wildwood rates are about two times the cost of the non-Wildwood rates.

This comparison is using actual water bills, which are public information.

[Rainger99]

Originally Posted by pauld315

The developers encouraged Wildwood to annex the land. They wanted Wildwood to get boatloads of money so they would have money to fix up that town.

What are they doing with the money??

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

What are they doing with the money??

More to help you sleep at night............
Finance Department | Wildwood Florida

BTW. Do you have a search engine?

[Rainger99]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

More to help you sleep at night............
Finance Department | Wildwood Florida

Have they fixed up the town with the money?

[Rainger99]

Originally Posted by VillagerNut

Unfortunately most people don’t know they pay additional city tax until they receive their tax bill.

It is true that the real estate agent doesn't tell you that taxes are higher in Wildwood than in the unincorporated parts of Sumter County. But when I bought, I wasn't so much concerned about the breakdown as I was about the total tax bill. The current Villages website estimates taxes should be about $4500 and when I got my first bill, my taxes were well under that. That was a nice surprise! But if I had bought preowned outside of Wildwood, I would have saved about $800 a year.

[Bikehike]

when do we pay the ad valorem taxes?

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Bikehike

when do we pay the ad valorem taxes? they were not included when I paid the tax bill and the account shows no balance

The bill will be coming out on about November 1.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

More to help you sleep at night............
Finance Department | Wildwood Florida

BTW. Do you have a search engine?

You can lead a horse to water...................

[rockyhyder]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

Other than police protection, does anyone know what else Wildwood residents get for the extra $914 a year they pay that people living outside of Wildwood don’t pay?

Normally a city will provide police protection, garbage collection, water and sewer. Do you see Wildwood garbage trucks or Jacobs garbage trucks? Same with water and sewer.

[Rainger99]

Tax breakdown for Sumter.


County Millage Rate Information | Sumter County, FL - Official Website