Tallahassee City Commission approves $1.12 budget with 8.5 percent property tax increase
But Matlow had been urging the commission to cut costs before raising property taxes
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But Matlow had been urging the commission to cut costs before raising property taxes
City commissioners raised the property tax rate 8.5% Wednesday in their final budget hearing of 2024. County Commissioners raised the EMS rate 50% a day earlier.
In a 6-5 vote, board members gave the full $1.8 million to developer and political fundraiser, Bugra Demirel, with $1 million to be paid back to Blueprint.
Developers behind the project say it will now cost nearly $11 million to build the new retail and dining plaza.
The developer of SOMO Walls is also the chair of a political committee that backed six Blueprint board members