By Jane Smith
Delray Beach commissioners have unanimously approved a slight cut in the tax rate, keeping a promise to city property owners to reduce the tax rate for 10 consecutive years.
The July 9 vote capped the total tax rate at $6.86 per $1,000
By Steve Plunkett
Waste Management’s familiar green trucks will disappear from town streets in six months unless the garbage-hauling giant and Gulf Stream officials can renew a contract at a “comfortable” rate.
Town Manager Greg Dunham, who in July p
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach city commissioners approved a $134.5 million budget for the 2019 financial year in late September.
The approved tax rate is $6.97 per $1,000 of taxable value, a decrease of 1.6 percent from the budget year that just ended.
By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream will lower its property tax rate to just below the rollback rate for the second time in two years.
At their July 13 meeting, town commissioners set the tentative tax rate for the 2018-19 budget year at $4.05 per $1,000 o
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach commissioners agreed to lower the tax rate slightly, keeping a promise to their residents to reduce the tax rate each year for 10 years.
The commission action July 10 capped the total tax rate at $6.97 per $1,000 of proper
By Rich Pollack
As town property values rise to a record high, Highland Beach residents are likely to see their tax rate drop for the third consecutive year.
Town commissioners late last month set a maximum operating tax rate for the 2017-2018
By Steve Plunkett
The short era of the Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District’s rubber-stamping the city’s proposed parks budget appears to be over.
Craig Ehrnst, one of the district’s new commissioners, led the first assault. The city
By Mary Thurwachter
The economy has had its ups and downs during the past eight years, but one thing hasn’t changed: Lantana’s tax rate. It’s been $3.24 and is projected to stay the same for the ninth consecutive year, 2016-2017.
On July 11,
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach struggled more than its coastal neighbors to recover from the damage of the real estate crash during the Great Recession. For five years after the 2008 downturn, the town showed virtually no recovery at all.
But
By Sallie James
Boca Raton homeowners will pay a slightly lower total property tax rate this year under a $625 million 2015-2016 budget that includes 70 new employees, several generous allocations to nonprofit organizations and some user fee hikes
By Dan Moffett
Gulf Stream consistently ranks among the state’s most affluent communities, which helps explain how the town has been able to absorb a stunning increase in budget expenses that few other municipalities could.
Over the last two y
By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana has had the same tax rate for seven years and that won’t change this year. The rate will remain at $3.24 per $1,000 of taxable value.
“That’s something the people should be proud of,” said Mayor Dave Stewart at the
By Rich Pollack
The Highland Beach Town Commission last month gave final approval to a $11.35 million general fund budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year — while at the same time holding the line on the town’s operating tax rate at $3.95 per $1,000 of
By Mary Thurwachter
At a budget hearing Sept. 23, the Lantana Town Council gave its approval to an $18 million budget with a tax rate of $3.24 per $1,000 of taxable property.
The 2014-15 tax rate is the same as last year.
Thanks to the rebo
By Sallie James
The city will be extending lifeguard hours, hiring a full-time building inspector and increasing parking enforcement staff under a proposed $135.8 million 2014-2015 general fund budget. The overall city budget includes money for 22
By Mary Thurwachter
The tax rate in Lantana hasn't changed for six years and there will be no change in the rate next year. At its July 28 meeting, the Town Council again set the rate at $3.24 per $1,000 of taxable property.
The town will h
By Sallie James
The municipal property tax rate in Boca Raton won’t be going up this year.
And the way Boca officials see it, low taxes are just one more reason to brag about how great their city is. A recent survey by CreditDonkey.com named Bo
By Rich Pollack
While Highland Beach residents are likely to see a slight reduction in their municipal tax rate on their property tax bill in the next few months, the amount of taxes they pay for municipal services could actually increase.
A p
By Steve Plunkett
A months-long campaign of phone calls, emails and other gentle arm-twisting yielded a last-minute budget success for the Downtown Library: $60,000 for a new program services position.
Deputy Mayor Susan Haynie proposed addin
By Mary Thurwachter
With property values beginning to rebound — up 1.6 percent over last year — Lantana will have a little more money to work with next year. Taxable property has increased from $678 million to $689 million.
In July after it
