What are the different types of millage rates over the County and what are they based on?

The County imposes millage rates at a level required to provide many different services. The Countywide millage is utilized to support general governmental functions such as Public Safety (Sherriff’s Office, Corrections and Animal Control), Growth Management, Parks, Economic Development, Constitutional Offices, Court Administration, etc. The County also has millage rates that only support a specific service such as Library, Emergency Medical Services and SAVE (Environmental Lands) Maintenance. In addition, the County manages a number of Municipal Service Taxing Units (MSTUs) which provide funding for services specific to that neighborhood such as street lighting, stormwater maintenance and common area maintenance.