Volusia County stormwater fees to rise by 50 cents

THIS YEAR’S MILLAGE

tal increases, the county wouldn’t have to ask for dollar increases now, he said.

Jarleene Almenas Senior Editor

Stormwater utility fees for unincorporated areas of Volusia County — such as Ormond-by-the-Sea — will rise slightly in the coming fiscal year.

The Volusia County Council unanimously approved a 50-cent increase to the monthly $6 stormwater utility non-ad valorem assessment fee, which had remained the same since 2005, at a July 11 meeting.

County staff initially sought the council’s approval for a $1 per month fee increase for fiscal year 2023-2024, to be followed by another $1 increase in the 2024-2025 fiscal year, but council members thought the proposal — which would have generated almost $760,000 per year — was too steep for taxpayers.

The Volusia County Council has unanimously approved a preliminary property tax rate of 4.8499 mills ($4.8499 per $1,000 in taxable value) for the upcoming fiscal year. The rate is the same as the current rate.

The county is proposing a total budget of approximately $1.4 billion, with the operating budget accounting for about $1.19 billion.

Four property-taxsupported funds will be adopting the rollback rate, according to a county news release: the library fund, the Ponce DeLeon Port Authority, the Municipal Service District and the Silver Sands Bethune Beach MSD. The rollback rate is the rate that would generate the same dollar amount of revenue as the county received in the preceding fiscal year.

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