Lakeland shirks property tax rate hike: ‘We run a lot of things lean in this city’
Lakeland residents and commercial property owners likely won’t pay more in property taxes next fiscal year, but their sewer rates are going to jump by 30% on July 1.
On Thursday, May 21, the city’s Board of Commissioners unanimously approved first reading on a $38.5 million general fund budget for fiscal year 2026-27 as well as a second and final reading to change the city’s sewer user rate.
The suburb’s property tax rate would remain at 94 cents per $100 in assessed value for the next fiscal year. That means the owner of a $450,000 property in Lakeland will pay $1,057.50 in city property taxes.
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Michael Waddell is a native Memphian with more than 20 years of professional writing and editorial experience, working most recently with The Daily News and High Ground News.
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