$876 million added to your tab in three years.

Sarasota County, Florida

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$876 million added to your tab in 3 years.

+$876M

in new spending & debt, FY2022–FY2025

Commissioners Joe Neunder and Mark Smith voted yes on every record budget and bond that produced it.

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Annual spending + bonded debt, combined — $1.45B (FY2022) → $2.33B (FY2025)

FY2022 — $1.45 billion

Spending $823M

Bonds $630M

FY2025 — $2.33 billion

Spending $1.22B

Bonds $1.11B

+$876,356,310

in new obligations (+60.3%) — $395.4M new spending + $481.0M new bonds

Combined growth on the FY2022 base. Spending alone rose 48%; bonds alone rose 76%.

“Debt” here is bonds payable(+76.4%), the instrument the board authorizes by vote. Total county debt — incl. loans and leases — rose $827.3M → $1,230.3M (+48.7%); using that instead gives $798.4M.