With Amendment 3’s passage, County and City of Sarasota leaders talk of action already planned to deal with ramifications

County administrator references ‘recession budget’ for coming years

Early on during the Sarasota County Commission meeting on Nov. 4, Chair Ron Cutsinger addressed the passage of Amendment 3, which has been anticipated to reduce county property tax revenue by close to $47 million in the 2028 fiscal year and slightly more than $87 million in the 2029 fiscal year.

“We have been kind of preparing for the ‘What if?’,” Cutsinger told those assembled in the Commission Chambers of the County Administration Center on Apex Road in Sarasota…