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Details: Published: 21 September 2026

CEDAR KEY CITY COMMISSION SET MILAGE RATE
IN TENTATIVE BUDGET HEARING
2026 September 15

The City of Cedar Key Commission met at City Hall on Tuesday, at 5:01 pm, on September 15, 2026. All commissioners were in attendance: Mayor Jim Wortham, Vice Mayor Mel Beckham, Nancy Sera, Dell Weible, and Heath Davis. An audience of approximately thirty-five attended.

City Attorney Norm Fugate introduced four resolutions that were unanimously approved by the commissioners.

MILAGE RATE
Resolution 504 established the milage rate for fiscal year 2027, beginning October 1, 2026, and ending September 30, 2027.

The resolution’s language reads as follows:
• “The rolled-back milage rate for Fiscal Year 2027 is 5.0741.
• The Fiscal Year 2027 proposed milage rate is 6.02% lower than the rolled-back rate.
• The milage rate to be levied for Fiscal Year 2027 shall be 4.7684 mils per $1,000 of taxable value.”

BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2-27
Resolution 505 approved the tentative budget for Fiscal Year 2027, beginning October 1, 2026, and ending September 30, 2027. The budget may be found on the city’s website or in earlier Cedar Key News publications.

Worth noting is Commissioner Beckham’s concern that raises are included in the budget for all employees except department heads. Commissioner Davis responded that the matter could be amended through unspent funds from last year. Davis also called for applause for a new “budget team” consisting of City Clerk Brooke Smith, a James Moore, CPA employee “Vince,” Robert Robinson, and Nancy Sera.

Details: Published: 21 September 2026

CEDAR KEY CITY COMMISSION MET
The City of Cedar Key Commission met at City Hall on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, immediately after the Tentative Budget Hearing. All commissioners were in attendance: Mayor Jim Wortham, Vice Mayor Mel Beckham, Nancy Sera, Dell Weible, and Heath Davis.

TRAILER SALES AT BEACH
Local business proprietor Daniel Smith requested, for the second time, approval of a sales trailer’s presence, kayak placement, and redesign and placement of the concrete pad at the walkway end at the north end of the Marina, adjacent to the beach. Concerns from the public included:
• inappropriate competition from fellow businesses already offering visitors sunscreen, water, etc.’
• the trailer obliterating the view of the water and the beach;
• the use of public land for private profit.

CEDAR KEY CITY COMMISSION SET MILAGE RATE TENTAVIE BUDGET HEARING

CEDAR KEY CITY COMMISSION MET 15 SEPTEMBER

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