BUDGET SEASON
Winter Garden offers optimistic 2027 budget in workshop
City seeks to maintain current millage rate, hire staff, invest in capital projects and build out reserve funds.
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How I cut the Winter Garden budget (to the bone) and you can too
City’s “Budget What-If Tool” gamifies the budget process, letting residents choose their own scenarios for offsetting $13.7M in potential property tax revenue losses.
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No change in CD-11 results after Republican primary recount
Businessman Joe Strada officially becomes Republican nominee.
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Winter Garden considers 7% garbage rate increase for 2027
If adopted, the increase could cost homeowners an additional $1.74 per month.
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