"I have the saddest address on the planet."
Miami-Dade County’s first budget over $11 billion advanced on Thursday with commissioners approving Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s 2024 spending plan, which has a slight reduction in the main property-tax rate, higher spending and projected shortfalls in the coming years.
The $11.7 billion budget won preliminary approval through a series of votes shortly before 11 p.m.
The narrowest — legislation needed to implement a $38 increase in trash fees for the budget year that begins Oct. 1 — passed 6 to 5.
Voting against were commissioners Kevin Cabrera, René Garcia, Roberto Gonzalez, Raquel Regalado and Anthony Rodriguez. Commissioners Danielle Cohen Higgins and Kionne McGhee left the chambers before that vote took place.
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