Decisions › County Commission meeting of Apr 14, 2026
Approved advertising an ordinance to put an additional school district property tax on the November 3, 2026 ballot for voters to decide.
The result is from the Clerk's Board ActionThe Clerk's same-week record of what the County Commission decided on each agenda tab. Vote tallies and discussion come later in the Board Minutes. Clerk of Court, Board Action and Board Minutes on Municode. The vote by name appears here when the official minutes are posted, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
Watch this part of the meeting (starts at 1:36:14)
The county's own recording.
In plain words
A proposed ordinanceA county law. The Board adopts it at an advertised public hearing, and it stays in force until repealed; the county's ordinances are collected in the Code of Ordinances. Florida Statutes 125.66 to put an additional school district property tax on the November 3, 2026 ballot for voter approval.
What changes If approved, the ordinance will be advertised and a public hearing will be scheduled for April 28, 2026.
Who and the money Applies to Lake County voters; the fiscal impact cannot be determined at this time.
Stated reason (staff, quoted): "Approving this Ordinance is a ministerial function of the Board of County Commissioners."
Backup in the packet: Proposed Ordinance (p. 648), Proposed Ordinance & Ballot Language_Spanish (p. 648), Resolution 2026-02_School District Additional Operating Millage (p. 648), Business Impact Estimate_School Operating Millage (p. 648)
Written from the Board Action and the staff cover sheet, checked by script: every number appears in the record. Staff memo
From the record
Recommend approval to advertise an Ordinance providing for the levy of an additional school district ad valorem millage tax in Lake County for operational purposes effective in 2027 and ending four (4) years thereafter pursuant to Section 1011.71(9), Florida Statutes, and providing for approval of the levy by voters in a referendum to be held on November 3, 2026, and providing for ballot language. The fiscal impact cannot be determined at this time.Clerk of Court, Board Action, Apr 14, 2026, page 9. Open the official document
The rest of this meeting
- Previous item: Approved a resolution to vacate a portion of an unnamed platted right-of-way easement between Tracts 31 and 34 in the unincorporated Groveland area, with a fiscal impact of $2,295.
- Next item: Discussed setting minimum lot sizes, road frontage, and landscape buffers for residential development and directed staff to move forward with two separate parts.
- All 21 items from Apr 14, 2026
More on taxes and budget
- Oct 27, 2026 Received the Sales Surtax Oversight Advisory Committee report and provisional meeting minutes from September 2025 and April 2026.
- Oct 27, 2026 Approved $225,000 in Tourist Development Tax funds for Discover Lake County to sponsor Montverde Academy for marketing and promotional fees.
- Oct 13, 2026 Approved the second amendment to the structure lease agreement with no fiscal impact.
- Oct 13, 2026 Approved $156,000 in Tourist Development Tax funding for Lake County's bid to host the 2026-2028 FHSAA State Golf Championships at Mission Inn Resort & Club.
- Oct 13, 2026 Discussed grant funding for businesses near the Eudora Roundabout to support local economic activity in that area.