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		<title>Tampa City Council poised to raise property taxes tonight</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2017 10:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Thursday morning, Tampa City Council members will hold a budget workshop just hours before they could possibly vote on the first property tax increase in 29 years. Last week, Councilmembers narrowly approved (by a 4-3 vote) to increase the millage rate from $5.73 to $6.33 per $1,000 of assessed property value. That could add $105 to the average homeowner’s tax bill. There is also the possibility that they won’t vote to raise taxes, which would only increase the city&#8217;s deficit further&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tampa City Council not likely to be setting higher millage rate tonight</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mitch Perry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Tampa City Council plans to hold its first public hearing tonight to discuss Mayor Bob Buckhorn&#8217;s proposed budget Wednesday night, but that hearing will likely be continued and rescheduled as the city continues to recover from the impact of Hurricane Irma. A quorum of the board will meet as scheduled, but it eis xpected that they will do so only to decide continue it until a future date. The Council must hold two public hearings before voting on the&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Taxes to rise in Tampa, but by how much?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mitch Perry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 13:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Tampa City Council is scheduled to vote on raising property taxes for the first time in almost three decades next week, but the size of that tax remains unknown less than a month before next year&#8217;s budget goes into effect. Mayor Bob Buckhorn informed the Council in July that because of a confluence of events, the millage would need to be raised in the coming year nearly a full point, from 5.7326 to 6.6326. The increase would cost owners with&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tampa to face new financial challenges even before potential 2018 ballot measure hits</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mitch Perry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2017 15:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Florida Legislature&#8217;s approval of a constitutional amendment for the 2018 ballot that could severely reduce the level of revenue coming to local governments is just the latest challenge to Tampa&#8217;s fiscal health, Chief Financial Officer Sonya Little told the City Council Thursday. If passed by voters, the measure would expand the state homestead property tax exemption to $75,000. Over 4 million Floridians currently receive the current homestead exemption, which lowers the taxable value on a primary residence by $50,000. &#8220;We&#8217;re projecting a roughly $6 million&#8230;]]></description>
		
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