Lake Worth 2nd Public Hearing on 2020 Budget

For a little trivia, the budget overseen by  Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City is the largest municipal budget in the U.S. at over $70 billion a year.

But, in spite of New York City's tremendous budget and all their problems, on Tuesday night, the city commission will have its 2nd Public Hearing to Adopt the 2019/2020 Budget. We, here in Lake Worth, consider our budget substantial for a city with 37,000 people. The commission will be passing a total budget of $167,632,711.

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On September 12, the commission passed the budget on the First Reading with Commissioners Hardy and Maxwell dissenting. Commissioner Hardy's objection was the fact he did not receive a line itemed budget. If you notice in the graphic above, the city provided little information or detail in their summary to the taxpayer.

The total millage rate is 10.0626 mills which is 8.27% (another thing the city failed to tell you in their published Budget Summary) more than last year.