Plant City Observer
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VOLUME 10, NO. 57
FREE • THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2023
. YO UR NEWS PAP ER . CITY OFFICIALS PROPOSE BALANCED BUDGET FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR
The first pub ic hearing on the proposed FY 2023-24 budget and Capital Improvement Plan will be September 11. Here’s a brief look at what’s in the budget. MICHELLE CACERES STAFF WRITER
City Manager Bill McDaniel and Chief Financial Officer Diane Reichard presented the City of Plant City City Commission with the proposed balanced budget, more than six months in the making, at a budget workshop this week for the upcoming fi cal year.
“The city is in great financial shape, we have responsible fi cal policies and fi cal management,” said City Manager Bill McDaniel. “We’ve had great success in our economic development endeavors and the combination of those factors leads us to the positive position we’re in today.” With a $108,779,353 budget spread out in several different funds including General Fund, Water/Sewer, Solid Waste, Stormwater, Street, Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), Special Revenue and Other, the city is
seeing a $12,383,370 (12.8 percent) increase over last fi cal year’s adopted budget. Tax revenue per capita (a measurement of how much tax the city receives per person, on average) is $732.26. Its expenditures per capita is $602.95. The city is running at a budget surplus of $129.31 per capita.
BACK TO SCHOOL
MICHELLE CACERES STAFF WRITER
As Plant City’s youngest citizens headed back to the classroom last week, the parents of these future farmers, nurses,
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2023 FOOTBALL PREVIEW HAS ARRIVED
teachers and electricians were able to snap some quick pictures to commemorate the milestone. Here are a few of the photo we received at the Plant City Observer. Have a safe and successful school year!
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