{"id":425023,"date":"2026-10-11T18:50:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T18:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425023\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T18:50:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T18:50:30","slug":"south-apopka-annexation-moves-toward-march-2028-vote-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425023\/","title":{"rendered":"South Apopka annexation moves toward March 2028 vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">APOPKA, Fla. \u2014 Apopka commissioners unanimously agreed to advance the proposed annexation of South Apopka toward a possible March 2028 referendum, despite a feasibility study projecting more than $30 million in upfront costs and a $5.6 million annual operating deficit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Key numbers from the study:<\/p>\n<p>$30.51 million in estimated capital costs$6.87 million in estimated annual service costs$1.31 million in projected annual property-tax revenue$5.56 million projected annual deficit4,063 additional residents, increasing Apopka\u2019s population by 6%1,235.7 acres, increasing the city\u2019s land area by 5.3%18 additional police officers and 25 Fire Department employeesA new fire station, police substation, vehicles and equipment<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791744630_922_APP DOWNLOAD LOCAL_1541693885678.jpg_13622062_ver1.0.jpg\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"APOPKA, Fla. \u2014 Apopka commissioners unanimously agreed to advance the proposed annexation of South Apopka toward a possible&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[137174,10514,147,145,80196,28,139,141,140,10545,96092,144,146],"class_list":["post-425023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-annexation","tag-apopka","tag-central-florida","tag-channel-9","tag-feasibility-study","tag-florida","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-referendum","tag-south-apopka","tag-wftv","tag-wftv-channel-9"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425023","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=425023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}