Three city lawmakers say they’ll support cutting property taxes and lowering Jacksonville’s millage rate if City Council’s Finance Committee can find cuts to Mayor Donna Deegan’s $2 billion budget when it vets the spending proposal in August.
City Council President Kevin Carrico, Finance Committee Chair Raul Arias and committee member Ron Salem tell Jacksonville Today they want to see a decrease in the millage rate.
Deegan’s budget that she presented to council on Monday keeps the millage rate unchanged from last year. The Republican council members say a drop in the millage rate could mean tax relief to Jacksonville property owners…