The Boca Raton Tribune Yo u r C l o s e s t N e i g h b o r
East /West Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Delray Beach, Deerfield Beach, FL
Number 481 • Year XI
October 2 - October 8, 2020
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Palm Beach County Continues Reopening; bars to reopen on Oct. 5
Boca Raton Receives $16.4 Million for Brightline Train Station Project
FAU High is Top Public School in Florida for National Merit Semifinalists
COVID-19 positive students reported in Palm Beach County
Constance Scott eyes return to Boca Raton City Council Two others also in race for Seat C Boca Raton has a city election in the works. And while it won’t be held until March of 2021 – and the official declaration period is months away in January of the new year – as of today, four people have made their intentions to run for city office early next spring known. One of the four is particularly recognizable to anyone who’s been around the community for more than a halfdozen years. Constance Scott was city councilwoman in Seat C for six years, leaving in 2015 when she was term-limited from running again.
Increases in land values bring more tax money to Boca
Palm Beach State College has received a $3 million federal grant to improve retention and completion rates of Hispanic and low-income students. The Title V grant, awarded under the U.S. Department of Education’s Developing Hispanic- Serving Institutions Program, will provide $600,000 a year over five years for the College’s Pathways to Success initiative.
Boca Raton and Delray Beach are neighboring communities, but they do not have a lot in common. And neither do their municipal budgets. However, they are alike in two financial respects. The governing boards in both communities have approved spending packages for the 2020-21 fiscal year with tax rates that didn’t increase from last year. And the two municipalities report increases in property values from 2019-20 – something that helps bring more tax bucks into city coffers, though it does raise tax bills for local homeowners. In Boca Raton, City Manager Leif Ahnell said the tax rate there for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1 sports a tax rate of $3.6786 per $1,000 valuation – “slightly less than last year.”
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PBSC receives $3 million Hispanic Serving Institution grant
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