Osceola commissioners unanimously approved a $3 billion budget, its largest ever, while also maintaining a millage rate of $6.70 — a figure unchanged for 15 consecutive years.

Osceola also set aside $1 billion for ongoing road improvement projects and accepted more than $1 million in state funds to remove the aquatic vegetation from North Lake Toho.

“I want to thank the county manager and everybody that has allowed us to be able to maintain the same millage rate for 15 years in a row,” Commission Chair Woman Viviana Janer said at the meeting Monday evening. “So incredibly proud.”

The rate of $6.70 per $1,000 of a property’s taxable value means the owner of a home with a taxable value of $300,000 would pay $2,010 in taxes. Higher property values across the region has led to higher tax bi

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