{"id":353621,"date":"2026-07-27T13:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/353621\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T13:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:18:07","slug":"apopka-leaders-weigh-32-property-tax-hike-ahead-of-state-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/353621\/","title":{"rendered":"Apopka leaders weigh 32% property tax hike ahead of state deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">APOPKA, Fla.  \u2013 Apopka city leaders are meeting Monday night to decide whether to raise the city\u2019s property tax rate by 32%, just days after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2026\/07\/16\/apopka-commission-deadlocks-on-proposed-property-tax-increase-as-budget-deadline-nears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2026\/07\/16\/apopka-commission-deadlocks-on-proposed-property-tax-increase-as-budget-deadline-nears\/\">commissioners failed to agree on a final number<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The proposal would increase the millage rate by 0.75 and generate an additional $6.6 million for the city. For homeowners with a $300,000 property, the increase would mean about $187 more per year in taxes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Commissioner Nadia Anderson was the only member of the Apopka City Commission to oppose the increase earlier this month. Anderson said she planned to raise residents\u2019 concerns at the meeting, even if they called her moments before it started.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The rest of the commission signaled support for the budget tied to the higher rate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">City leaders have until Friday to set the millage rate. The special commission meeting is set for 6 p.m. A final budget vote is scheduled for Sept. 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The decision is also unfolding as Florida voters are months away from deciding on a statewide property tax amendment on the November ballot \u2014 one that could significantly affect future tax revenue for cities like Apopka.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"APOPKA, Fla. \u2013 Apopka city leaders are meeting Monday night to decide whether to raise the city\u2019s property&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[10514,1335,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-353621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-apopka","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}