Pasco commissioners agree on preliminary millage rate
By Laura Kinsler, Tampa Tribune, Fla. | |
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The vote was unanimous, but some commissioners are hoping to lower the millage rate -- if they can get a supermajority to raise the county's gas tax.
"I am voting for this today, but I'm not going to support a final millage rate with a transportation millage," Commissioner
The proposed
Commissioners agree they want to restore the construction funding, which was cut last year to pay for road maintenance. They just can't agree how to pay for it. It takes four votes to increase the gas tax by even
"Don't look for a fourth vote over here on the gas tax," he said.
Wilson said he would be willing to increase the millage rate to restore funding cuts to parks and libraries, two departments that were hit hardest during the recession. "But I don't think there's three votes for it," he said.
One thing all five commissioners agreed on was to spend roughly
"They will pay us back before they lower their premiums," she said.
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