Tag: Coral Gables budget
Coral Gables $433.3M budget survives failed millage vote, adds relief and Underline funds
Coral Gables’ proposed property-tax rate failed on its first vote Tuesday night, falling one vote short before a compromise worth nearly $900,000 in refunds and grants brought a fourth commissioner…
Experience tops development in Gazette reader poll on Nov. 3 municipal races
Candidate experience and qualifications led a Coral Gables Gazette reader poll on what matters most in the city’s Nov. 3 elections, with about one in three respondents naming it the…
UM deal, $40 million City Hall contract and final budget await commissioners Tuesday
Coral Gables commissioners face one of their busiest days of the year Tuesday, with two meetings and decisions spanning development, taxes and some of the city’s largest capital projects. At…
City knew about Underline maintenance costs more than a year ago
The sequence of events surrounding Coral Gables and the Underline’s maintenance costs is almost the inverse of what might be expected. More than a year ago, when the city first…
Lago backs tax relief and says no service cuts. The missing piece is the math.
Mayor Vince Lago put fiscal stewardship near the center of his case for another term at Wednesday night’s candidates forum. There is a record behind that argument. Coral Gables has…
Coral Gables’ $323.3 million budget clears first hearing as millage holds flat
Coral Gables commissioners tentatively approved a $323.3 million budget and held the city’s property tax rate at 5.559 mills, advancing both measures on 4-1 votes with Commissioner Melissa Castro casting…
Coral Gables budget grows to $323.3 million since July ahead of first hearing
Coral Gables’ proposed budget has grown by $4.86 million since commissioners first saw it in July, reaching $323.3 million as the city heads into the first of two public budget…
