Miami-Dade raises taxes, garbage fees in proposed 2024-25 $12.7 billion budget

Early Monday morning, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava presented her proposed budget for the county’s 2024-2025 operations and capital improvements. She called the tax rate “flat,” but everyone already knows it’s really a slight increase due to an increase in property value. Her budget would keep garbage rates flat also.

But on Tuesday, Commission Chairman Oliver Gilbert pushed a garbage fee increase that will see most homes paying almost $10 a month more, or about $114 a year.

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