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On Wednesday, September 9, 2026, at 6:00 PM, the Tarpon Springs Board of Commissioners held a special session in the City Hall Auditorium to receive public input and tentatively adopt the millage rate and budget for fiscal year 2026-2027. The meeting also included a public hearing for the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) budget. All resolutions were unanimously approved.
Right. Are we almost there? I now call to order the special session meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Tarpon Springs on Wednesday, September 9th, 2026 at six PM. Roll call, please. Mayor Koulianis. Here. Vice Mayor Kulyas. Here. Commissioner Eisner. Here. Commissioner Banther. Here. Commissioner Weaver. Here. As a reminder, the purpose of tonight's meeting is to get additional public input regarding fiscal year twenty twenty-six through twenty twenty-seven budget. Um item number one resolution twenty twenty-six twash twenty-six, tentatively adopting the millage rate for the tax year twenty twenty-six. Thank you. Uh, floor statute two zero zero dot zero six five sets the procedures for the adoption of the millage rate and budget. The tentative millage rate must be approved before the tentative budget. The tentative millage rate for tax year twenty twenty-six is five point three seven, the same rate as previous year. The tentative millage rate of five point three seven is two point one two percent above the rolled back rate of five point two five eight six. The rollback rate is the rate that would provide the same dollar amount of revenue as the previous year. The increase over the rollback rate is being used to fund personnel and operating costs. This is uh the end of the required discussion on the tentative military. Thank you. Then the city clerk will read the resolution in its entirety. Resolution twenty twenty-six dash twenty-six. A resolution of the board of commissioners of the city of Tarpin Springs, Florida, tentatively adopting the millage rate for tax year twenty twenty-six, whereas a public hearing was held on September ninth, twenty twenty-six at six PM to adopt a tentative millage rate. Now therefore be a result by the Board of Commissioners at the City of Tarpon Springs, Florida, that one, the Advalora millage rate for the tax year 2026 of the City of Tarpon Springs is hereby tentatively established at 5.3700, a 2.12% increase over the rollback rate of 5.2586. Two, the city staff is hereby directed to notify all permanent governmental agencies of the provisions hereof as required by law. That is the reading of resolution 2026-26 in its entirety. Okay, thank you. Are there any public comments? If so, please state your name and address for the record, and you'll be given three minutes. And I'm gonna read this. I'm representing with Talk to the Sheriff, which is an advocacy group for freedom and humanity in Florida. We have a petition that is planned to be presented at a future board meeting. But these issues concern the quality of our lives. Some of the things talk to the sheriff is presenting. I was just gonna read a couple bullet points. Every person is entitled to due process. Administrative warrants and uh detainers issued by ICE should never substitute for the judicial process. Uh our constitution requires every anyone found ineligible for asylum and subject to lawful deportation, should receive a judicial warrant uh before being targeted for removal. Uh stop taking parents away from children, regardless of their immigration status. Yes, sir.