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Project1:Layout 1 6/10/2014 1:13 PM Page 1 Olympics: Americans lose to France in hoops opener /B1 MONDAY T D AY C I T R U S C O U N T Y & e x t m o n i g HIGH 91 S a t t e r e d m a i n l y LOW PM showers and 72 s t o r m s . PAGE A4 w w w.chronicleonline.com JULY 26, 2021 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community $1 VOL. 126 ISSUE 292 NEWS BRIEFS Plan would move courts Prosperity The plan is to move some court Editorial Board. “They want to 2017 over space. Citrus to host Some could go to services from the courthouse to turn the Coke building into two At that time, the board agreed community the old Coca-Cola building next courtrooms.” to move some clerk of court ser- door, which had Judges believe the renovation vices to an annex at the former event old Coke building housed the su- to the Coke building will serve county health department build- P rosperity Ctrus w ill pervisor of elec- them for 10 years, County Admin- ing in Inverness, move the super- host a free com m unity MIKE WRIGHT tions before its istrator Randy Oliver wrote in an visor of elections to the West e v e n t f r o m 10 a . m . t o Staff writer move to agenda memo. Citrus Center at Meadowcrest, Meadowcrest. Oliver said the project will take and move county commission ad- 2 p.m . A ug. 7 at Jim Leg- A chunk of the misdemeanor r o n e P a r k , 4 0 S S v - County com- up to two years and qualifies for ministrative offices to the former and civil court offices may be mission Chair- funding from the American Res- Coke building to provide more enth A ve. in Cystal R iver. moving next door under a $2 mil- man Scott cue Plan Act, or ARPA. However, court space in the courthouse. There w ill be a cookout lion plan being considered Tues- Judge Carnahan met he said, should the board decide The first two occurred; the county at the city of Cystal R iver day by county commissioners. Carol Falvey with judges to to use those funds for the courts never followed through with the Y M C C m m u n i t y E n - Circuit Court Judge Carol work on a plan to project, it would reduce funding commission move. gagem ent Cnter, w here Falvey, the chief administrative meet space needs brought by the for other projects now on the Contact Chronicle reporter Mike they w ill serve hot dogs, judge for the county, is scheduled addition of two new judges to the ARPA list. Wright at 352-563-3228 or ham burgers, snow cones, to appear at 1:30 p.m. during county. If commissioners approve the [email protected]. To popcorn and m ore. Tuesday’s county commission “We’ve got to find them space,” plan, the vote will contradict a de- view more of his stories, go to www. The event w ill feature meeting. Carnahan told the Chronicle cision commissioners made in tinyurl.com/y3bakm6w. local em ergency re- sponders and basketball players featured on Srite S a m D n k C n t e s t , A n d 1 L i v e a n d t h e H r l e m G lobetrotters. G uests w ill be invited to w alk through the “Hll of O pportunity” to learn inform ation from local or- ganizations about oppor- Seeking silence tunities, including health, education, child care, transportation, careers County: State restricts and housing w ith the chance to give anony- m ous feedback. noise law on the water P rosperity Ctrus’s m is- MIKE WRIGHT sion is to break the cycle Staff writer of generational poverty. For m ore inform ation, call Citrus County commissioners in June 3 5 2 - 2 6 -1 3 1 e x t e n s i o n promised Homosassa residents a noise 2 2 4 0 ordinance to combat rowdy boaters. — From staff reports On Tuesday, they’ll decide exactly what that is — and isn’t. ONLINE Citrus County officials learned a state POLL law prohibits them from enacting any spe- cific restriction on the water related to noise except for one: 90 decibels at What do 50 feet, according to the agenda for Tues- day, July 27, meeting. you think? They’re also relying on a 2005 attorney general’s opinion from, coincidentally, a Citrus Countians are Citrus County case in relation to a pro- currently divided on posed noise ordinance to combat night- the construction of an time airboats that was more restrictive interchange at County than the statutory limit. Road 486 off of the County commissioners, after hearing Suncoast Parkway. from Homosassa residents who say the What do you think? head springs and adjacent canals are clogged with loud boaters, said they A. There are too wanted to consider an ordinance restrict- many interchanges ing noise in that area. planned in Citrus. County Attorney Denise Dymond Lyn, This one isn’t in an agenda memo, says state law re- necessary. stricts counties to the one specific noise regulation of no more than 60 decibels at B. Make a temporary 50 feet. The proposed ordinance reflects terminus at C.R. 486 that, along with a second-degree misde- and let the community M ATT E W E C / C r o n i c l e meanor for anyone who refuses to submit Boaters crowd together at the Blue Hole, the headwaters of the Homosassa River. Local decide if it needs to to a sound detector test by a law stay in the future. residents living along the river have voiced frustration about the noise from those visiting See NOISE/Page A11 the Homosassa River area. C. An interchange at 486 would dump traffic in an already congested area. Don’t do it. D. The proposed location is a fine, Inverness council reviews budget overview centrally located exit in Citrus. budget slightly larger than millage rate of 7.8211, $44,304,147 in fiscal 2021- owner’s city property To vote, visit www. Property tax the previ- which will help create a 2022. That’s up from taxes will be $586.58. That does not include county or chronicleonline.com. ous year general fund of $7,889,335. $43,603,897. Expenditures but a re- The previous year’s gen- match revenues under school taxes. Scroll down the home duced eral fund was $8,255,297. City Manager Eric Wil- Some of the changes page and look for the rate lowered millage The revenues from ad liams’ budget proposal. from a year ago, Williams poll box in the right- FRED HIERS rate for valorem property taxes is One mill in property, or told the Chronicle, is that hand column. Staff writer property expected to raise ad valorem taxes, is equal the city will maintain a Results will appear owners. $3,968,740. That’s up from to $1 for each $1,000 of the minimum of $5 million in next Monday. Find The Inverness City Eric The $3,883,787 in fiscal 2020- property’s taxable value. its general fund in case of last week’s online Council hosted a work- Williams city’s 2021. The city’s total reve- So if a property is worth disasters or emergency spending needs. poll results./Page A3 shop Thursday, July 22, 2021-2022 nues, including charges, $75,000, after homestead outlining a city 2021-2022 budget centers around a fees and carry overs, is exemptions, the property See BUDGET/Page A11 Classifieds . .B6 Crossword . .B8 INDEX Lottery Numbers . .B3 Obituaries . None Comics . A10 Editorial. A8 Lottery Payouts . .B3 TV Listings. A9 Horoscope . A4 Entertainment . A4 Movies . 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