Community: Ocoee

Increase still covers just 36 percent of fire department budget.

Effort could lower insurance premiums, make city services easier to obtain for Ocoee residents with other city addresses.

"We come together for the honor, for the memory."

City has until Oct. 1 to build a backup reclaimed water facility or face 163 percent rate increase.

Down to Earth assumes temporary management May 1.

Commissioner Scott Kennedy challenged Mayor Rusty Johnson’s eligibility to run for a fourth term in 2027

Neighborhoods can receive up to $2,000 for improvement projects.

Wrong zoning and an incomplete application led to the projects’ rejection.

Mayor Rusty Johnson: “You’ve got to let people know what happened.” 

Homeowners in the floodplain will get a 5 percent discount starting in October; city leaders want to boost that to 15 percent in 2025.