Dunedin's second property tax town hall is Tuesday at the Hale Center

Dunedin City Hall, the city government's main building, pictured in a June 2024 file photo. The town hall meeting is scheduled at the Hale Senior Activity Center. Photo: FloridaMan21 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). Resized; website wordmark added. Photo source · License

Dunedin's second Property Tax Town Hall starts at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, at the Hale Senior Activity Center. The city's panel includes Florida Rep. Kimberly Berfield, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, Florida Fire Chiefs Association Past President Trip Barrs and Mayor "Moe" Freaney.

Residents can email questions ahead of time to Communications@Dunedin.gov or hand in written questions at the meeting. If you can't get there, the city says the session will be livestreamed on Facebook, YouTube and Spectrum Cable 639.

Dunedin's projected revenue reduction if Amendment 3 passes

Fiscal year	City-projected revenue reduction
FY 2028	$4.7 million
FY 2029 and onward	$7.6 million

Source: content.govdelivery.com

What the city says is at stake

The town hall follows the Sept. 17 adoption of a balanced Fiscal Year 2027 operating and capital budget of nearly $139 million, which took effect Oct. 1. Commissioners kept the final millage rate at 4.1345 mills, unchanged since 2016.

Alongside that budget, staff presented a contingency plan that would take effect only if Amendment 3 passes in the November general election. Dunedin projects the amendment would reduce city revenue by $4.7 million in FY 2028 and $7.6 million in FY 2029 and after. According to the city, commissioners and staff are expected to hold another workshop before the plan comes back to the commission, so the specific reductions are not settled.

If you missed the first one

The city held its first Property Tax Town Hall on Sept. 15 with former state Sen. Jeff Brandes, Gualtieri and Freaney, moderated by Charlie Justice, and has posted video of that discussion. Dunedin has also launched a Hot Topics webpage where residents can read staff answers on subjects such as the recently passed Causeway ordinance and a proposed 120-unit project filed under the state's Live Local Act, and submit their own questions.

Before you vote

Early voting for the general election runs Oct. 19 through Nov. 1 in Pinellas County, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, according to the Supervisor of Elections. Any registered county voter may use any early voting site, and you'll need both picture and signature identification.