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Lakeland Commission approves budget, pay raises

State law required a supermajority vote from the City Commission to pass its $577 million 2016-17 budget. It beat it by two votes with a 7-to-0 decision, ending the low-drama budget cycle that started in June. Despite the property tax rate staying flat, an increase of the city's taxable value since last year by $400 million to $5.5 billion triggered the supermajority requirement because of the amount property tax revenues will increase.

 

Polk residents lag in recycling, DEP data show

Recycling doesn't get the royal treatment in Imperial Polk County. Polk County homeowners have one of the worst — 57th out of 67 counties — recycling rates in the state at 9 percent, according to 2015 recycling figures compiled by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

 

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