{"id":16343,"date":"2021-10-26T14:31:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T18:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=16343"},"modified":"2021-10-26T14:31:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T18:31:24","slug":"mayor-mutz-helps-adopt-a-763m-budget-for-next-year-including-higher-taxes-for-all-taxpayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/10\/26\/mayor-mutz-helps-adopt-a-763m-budget-for-next-year-including-higher-taxes-for-all-taxpayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Mutz helps adopt a $763M budget for next year &#8211; including higher taxes for all taxpayers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Editorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeland City Commission approved a more than $763 million budget for next year that will mean higher tax bills for property owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mutz_2018-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11234\" width=\"202\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mutz_2018-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mutz_2018-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mutz_2018-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mutz_2018-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mutz_2018-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mutz_2018.jpg 1500w\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">City Commission\u00a0voted to approve the $763,380,405 budget for the fiscal year 2022, which starts Oct. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It represents a 26% budget increase from last year when the city officials slashed expenses because of significant concerns about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This 26% means millions and millions of extra money in the coffers of the City of Lakeland.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The budget has $1.1 million costs for a package that would outfit Lakeland Police Department with body-worn cameras.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial Lakeland City Commission approved a more than $763 million budget for next year that will mean higher tax bills for property owners. 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