County Commissioners unanimously approve tax reduction without reducing County services, projects
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County Commissioners unanimously approve tax reduction without reducing County services, projects

Budget includes largest five-year Capital Improvement Plan in Manatee County history, totaling more than $997 million of investments in infrastructure, public safety, parks and environment over five years. Read more about this major budget approval.

Time To Create New County Commission Districts
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Time To Create New County Commission Districts

Once a decade we redraw our political districts to reflect the population changes. With information from the 2020 census delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, we recently received the data and have to redraw the boundaries in short-order. Read more as Commissioner Servia gives an update on this process.

SRQ Breaks Calendar Year Passenger Record
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SRQ Breaks Calendar Year Passenger Record

The number of passengers traveling through SRQ in the first 8 months of 2021 totaled 2,034,538, breaking the all-time calendar year record of 2,010,304 set in 1990. The Sarasota Bradenton International Airport has no taxing power and operates solely on the revenue generated by its tenants and provides an annual economic impact of over $1.3 billion to the community.