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August 4, 2025
COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Community Redevelopment Agency Board (CRAB)
Airport Authority
FIRST BUDGET HEARING AGENDA
Board of County Commission Chambers
Collier County Government Center
3299 Tamiami Trail East, 3rd Floor
Naples, FL 34112
September 4, 2025
5:05 PM
Commissioner Burt Saunders, District 3 – Chair
Commissioner Dan Kowal, District 4 – Vice Chair
Commissioner Rick LoCastro, District 1
Commissioner Chris Hall, District 2
Commissioner William L. McDaniel, Jr., District 5
NOTICE: ALL PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS MUST
REGISTER PRIOR TO PRESENTATION OF THE AGENDA ITEM TO BE
ADDRESSED. ALL REGISTERED SPEAKERS WILL RECEIVE UP TO THREE
MINUTES UNLESS THE TIME IS ADJUSTED BY THE CHAIR. ADDITIONAL
MINUTES MAY BE CEDED TO AN IN-PERSON SPEAKER BY OTHER
REGISTERED SPEAKERS WHO MUST BE PRESENT AT THE TIME THE
SPEAKER IS HEARD. COLLIER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 2003-53 AS
AMENDED BY ORDINANCE 2004-05 AND 2007-24, REQUIRES THAT ALL
LOBBYISTS SHALL, BEFORE ENGAGING IN ANY LOBBYING ACTIVITIES
(INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ADDRESSING THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS), REGISTER WITH THE CLERK TO THE
BOARD AT THE BOARD MINUTES AND RECORDS DEPARTMENT.
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COLLIER COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
PELICAN BAY SERVICES DIVISION
BUDGET HEARING AGENDA
Board of County Commission Chambers
Collier County Government Center
3299 Tamiami Trail East, 3rd Floor
Naples, FL 34112
Thursday, September 4, 2025, 5:05 P.M.
NOTICE: ALL PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY AGENDA ITEM
MUST REGISTER PRIOR TO SPEAKING.
ANY PERSON WHO DECIDES TO APPEAL A DECISION OF THIS
BOARD WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEDINGS
PERTAINING THERETO, AND THEREFORE MAY NEED TO
ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS
IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES TESTIMONY AND
EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED.
ALL REGISTERED PUBLIC SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO
THREE (3) MINUTES UNLESS PERMISSION FOR ADDITIONAL
TIME IS GRANTED BY THE CHAIRMAN.
1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
2. ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING – Pelican Bay Services Division
Budget Hearing:
A. Executive Summary – Fiscal Year 2026 Pelican Bay Services Division
Budget; Presented by Neil Dorrill - Pelican Bay Srvcs.
B. Public Comment
C. Resolution Approving the Special Assessment Roll and Levying the
Special Assessment against the Benefited Properties within the
Pelican Bay Municipal Service Taxing and Benefit Unit.
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Resolution 2025-167: Motion to adopt by Commissioner Hall;
Seconded by Commissioner McDaniel – Adopted 5/0
3. ADJOURN
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ALL DIGITAL AUDIO AND VISUAL MATERIALS SUBMITTED BY THE
PUBLIC VIA EMAIL LINK OR ATTACHMENT OR TRANSPORTED ON
EXTERNAL DEVICES FOR BROADCASTING AT THE BOARD MEETING,
MUST BE IN A COMPATIBLE FORMAT AND RECEIVED BY THE COUNTY
MANAGER’S OFFICE BY NOON ON THE DAY PRECEDING THE BOARD
MEETING TO BE SCANNED FOR NETWORK SECURITY THREATS.
DIGITAL MATERIALS SUBMITTED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE
ACCEPTED.
IF YOU ARE A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY WHO NEEDS ANY
ACCOMMODATION IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE
IN THIS PROCEEDING, YOU ARE ENTITLED, AT NO COST TO YOU, THE
PROVISION OF CERTAIN ASSISTANCE. PLEASE CONTACT THE COLLIER
COUNTY FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DIVISION LOCATED AT 3335 EAST
TAMIAMI TRAIL, SUITE 1, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 34112-5356, (239) 252-8380.
Pledge of Allegiance
1. Advertised Public Hearings – Introduction by Amy Patterson – County
Manager; BCC Fiscal Year 2026 Tentative Millage Rates and Tentative Budget
Presented by Chris Johnson – Dir. Of Corp. Financial & Mgmt. Srvcs.
A. Review and Discussion of Tentative Millage Rates and Increases Over the
Rolled Back Millage Rates
B. Review and Discussion of Changes to the Tentative Budget
C. Public Comments and Questions
1) Discussion
Motion to approve the Maximum Millage Rate at Rate Neutral
for FY26 by Commissioner McDaniel; Seconded by
Commissioner LoCastro – Approved 5/0
D. Announcement of Tentative Millage Rates and Percentage Changes in
Property Tax Rates
Read into the record by Chris Johnson
E. 1) Resolution to Adopt the Tentative Millage Rates
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Resolution 2025-168: Motion to adopt the Tentative Millage Rate
for FY26 by Commissioner McDaniel; Seconded by
Commissioner LoCastro – Adopted 5/0
F. 1) Resolution to Adopt the Amended Tentative Budget
Resolution 2025-169: Motion to adopt the Amended Tentative
Budget with Changes by Commissioner McDaniel; Seconded by
Commissioner Hall – Adopted 5/0
G. Announcement of Final Public Hearing as Follows:
Final Public Hearing on the FY 2025-26 Collier County Budget
Thursday, September 18, 2025, at 5:05 p.m.
Collier County Government Center
W. Harmon Turner Building (F)
Third Floor, Boardroom
Naples, Florida, 34112
2. Adjourn
INQUIRIES CONCERNING CHANGES TO THE BOARD’S AGENDA SHOULD
BE MADE TO THE COUNTY MANAGER’S OFFICE AT 239-252-8383.