Santa Rosa County adopts 3.885-mil property tax rate and 2.07-mil law enforcement MSTU

The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners on Sept. 22 approved a county millage rate of 3.885 mils and a law-enforcement municipal services taxing unit (MSTU) rate of 2.07 mils during the second and final FY2027 budget hearing. The chair introduced the measures, saying he would "entertain a motion to adopt the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners' county millage rate of 3.885 mils... and to adopt the law enforcement MSTU millage rate of 2.07 mils."

Commissioners moved the measures and the chair announced "seeing no objections, so moved," indicating approval by unanimous consent; no roll-call vote or tallied vote counts were recorded in the transcript. The chair stated the county millage rate is 2.98% above the rollback rate of 3.7727 mils and the MSTU rate is 2.78% above its rollback rate of 2.0141. The board did not record a formal roll-call tally in the meeting record provided.