Ben Sorensen
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9,257 appearances
42 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2023
last heard 15 Sep
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And you've already teed it up.
So if Daphne St.
Ville, our division manager for intergovernmental affairs will come forward.
And I know various members of our legislative delegation are here as well as our contract lobbyists.
So definitely a team effort.
Thank you.
ALL RIGHT, IT'S ON.
SESSION ADJOURNED WITHOUT A STATE BUDGET AND THEREFORE THERE WAS A SPECIAL SESSION.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY THREE SPECIAL SESSIONS.
THE FIRST TO ADDRESS CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING, THE SECOND TO ADDRESS THE STATE BUDGET IN WHICH THEY PASSED A $114.5 BILLION BUDGET AND THE THIRD SESSION WAS TO ADDRESS THE PROPERTY TAX AMENDMENT.
In our city appropriations, we secured $3.7 million and I would like to give a special thank you to our members of the legislature for working hard with the governor's office to do that.
IN PARTICULAR, THE GALT MILE STREET SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WAS FULLY FUNDED AT OUR REQUESTED AMOUNT OF $1.25 MILLION.
FIRE RESCUE FIRE BOAT REPLACEMENT WAS FULLY FUNDED AT $643,000.
MOBILITY PROJECT AT 500,000 AND OUR AVIATION TECHNICAL TRAINING PROGRAM AT 500,000 AS WELL AS OUR ROADWAY RESURFACING PROJECT AT 425,000.
UNFORTUNATELY WE LOST THREE PROJECTS BUT WE WILL LOOK TOWARDS NEXT SESSION AS TO HOW TO STRATEGIZE TO GET THOSE INTO THE BUDGET.
The next topic, which is our exciting topic, property tax.
In essence, what it does is, it's very small, but it would raise the non-school homestead exemption
$150,000 IN THE FIRST YEAR AND SUBSEQUENTLY IN THE SECOND YEAR RAISE IT TO $250,000.
THE NEW FLORIDA RESIDENTS AS OF JANUARY 1, 2027, WOULD QUALIFY FOR OR BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE 50,000 NORMAL EXEMPTION.
AFTER FIVE YEARS OF RESIDENCY, THEY CAN INCREASE THE EXEMPTION TO 250,000.
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