Are u serious? This coming from a Mayor who was just months ago claimed he wanted to do away with certain City taxes. Is this going to make up for those taxes he was going to cut or just add to them? As a resident for nearly twelve years and a former employee of the City, I have seen little in the way of growth in our community on a commercial front and an over abundance of residential growth, thus flodding the market with vacant, non-active, water and sewer accounts. With this being said please take note while commercial growth not only generates more taxable income for the City it also creates more jobs for our community, which we are in dire need of. As a single parent, living with at home I don't know how much we or any other citizen in the City of Deltona can afford to put into the pockets of overpaid, and underworked officials, while the rest of us are struggling to keeps our head above water. Instead of raising rates at 17.25 percent this year and for the following five years, why don't you lower saleries of the higher ranking staff that are pulling in six figures a year, therefore off setting the budget to allow for a lower rate increase.

I agree totally with increasing the Impact fees for water and sewer, they need to be more compettive with the surrounding area, and I also understand an increase in water rates may be required. What I don't understand is why now, why when we are being ripped off by the power companys, phone company, cable complanys City tax surchage. And what are those going to? I have not seen any improvements in any of those areas or in the service they provide but yet that City tax is going somewhere.