Volusia County, United States (Local)
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Al Everson focuses on local news, particularly city developments, infrastructure, community events, and economic concerns in Deltona, Florida. He frequently covers government announcements and legal policy regulations related to these topics.
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As summer gives way to fall, and as the economy gives mixed signals of how well off Americans are, a recent edition of Consumer Affairs featured a report on how close many people are to the brink of financial ruin.
True to their earlier move to give property owners some relief, the Deltona City Commission Sept. 9 voted to set the ad valorem tax rate at the rollback number.
Even if voters reject a Florida constitutional amendment granting property-tax relief, a new law requires counties and cities to provide for possible future cuts in spending.
As I and others go from here to there — wherever there may be — whether home, school, work, medical or dental appointments, shopping, car repairs, a night out, a movie, church, or whatever — gasoline prices are at record highs.
Facing people upset by a possible tax hike, the Volusia County Council Sept. 22 made some last-minute changes in the new budget presented to them. “It’s a responsible budget that meets the needs of the departments … and the constitutional officers,” County Manager George Recktenwald told the council and the audience ready to talk about it. In the second and […]
Deltona is going down to a zero-net-increase property-tax rate for the coming year. The binding action on Deltona's taxation and spending for the new fiscal year came Sept. 21, when the City Commission approved on second and final reading the resolutions setting the ad valorem rate and the budget. The decision to set the rollback figure — 6.4948 mills for […]
Fresh from finishing Volusia County's new budget, county leaders have turned their attention to other matters, including how to strike a balance between public safety and personal-privacy concerns.
With a near-unanimous vote by its leaders, Volusia County is on the way to outlawing large-scale data centers within the unincorporated areas.
Is it an October surprise? A key committee that makes recommendations on land planning is dissenting on a proposed ban on large-scale data centers. After weeks of anti-data-center comments by Volusia County Council members and lay critics, the county's Planning and Land Development Regulation Commission weighed in on the issue and delivered a message of “Not so fast!” “It's becoming […]
By: Al Everson
Sometimes what is not on the agenda of an elected body is the bigger news than what is printed in advance.
