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John Mayes 10-29-2022 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by SusanStCatherine (Post 2152237)
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 10-29-2022 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by John Mayes (Post 2152244)
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 10-29-2022 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by sdeikenberry (Post 2152191)
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 10-29-2022 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2152257)
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 10-29-2022 08:32 AM
Simple. The map was drawn up in a small bar on 301 many years ago late one sat. night.

retiredguy123 10-29-2022 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by John Mayes (Post 2152253)
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 10-29-2022 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by pauld315 (Post 2152258)
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 10-29-2022 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2152279)
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 10-29-2022 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 2152284)
More to help you sleep at night............
Finance Department | Wildwood Florida
Have they fixed up the town with the money?

Rainger99 10-29-2022 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by VillagerNut (Post 2152189)
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 10-29-2022 09:51 AM
when do we pay the ad valorem taxes?

retiredguy123 10-29-2022 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Bikehike (Post 2152310)
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 10-29-2022 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 2152284)
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 10-29-2022 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2152179)
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 10-29-2022 10:23 AM
Tax breakdown for Sumter.


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


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