Legal & Public Notices

NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING

The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners has tentatively adopted a budget for FISCAL YEAR 2026. A public hearing to make a FINAL DECISION on the budget AND TAXES will be held on:
September 16, 2025
6:00 p.m.
at
Santa Rosa County Administrative Complex
6495 Caroline St., Milton, FL 32570 NP1589

Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners
Budget Summary Fiscal Year 2026
Revenues by Source
Governmental Funds Proprietary Funds
Total All
General Fund Funds
Capital
Funds
Debt
Service
Fund
Special
Revenue
Funds
Enterprise
Funds
Internal
Service
Fund
General Government Taxes
Ad Valorem (Property Taxes)
General Fund Rate: 3.885 mils
(3.885 x 19.2 billion in Taxable Value) x 95%= $70,827,160 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $70,827,160
Law Enforcement MSTU Rate: 2.07 mils
(2.07 x 16.4 billion in Taxable Value) x 95%= $0 $0 $0 $32,284,285 $0 $0 $32,284,285
Other Taxes $1,315,380 $0 $0 $29,075,000 $0 $0 $31,069,380
Licenses, Permits & Assessments $1,101,000 $0 $0 $14,994,017 $4,505,400 $0 $20,600,417
Intergovernmental Revenue $19,815,890 $0 $0 $4,285,169 $3,400 $0 $24,104,459
Charges for Services $9,700,850 $0 $0 $5,131,000 $19,894,600 $1,689,000 $36,415,450
Judgments, Fines & Forfeits $360,000 $0 $0 $10,000 $0 $0 $370,000
Miscellaneous Revenue $3,738,700 $0 $3,445 $1,959,766 $1,694,000 $1,425,200 $8,821,111
Sub-Total by Sources $106,858,980 $0 $3,445 $88,418,237 $26,097,400 $3,114,200 $224,492,262
Other Sources/Transfers $4,077,058 $0 $4,572,385 $11,724,722 $0 $495,283 $20,869,448
Reserves/Fund Balance $11,507,556 $0 $0 $4,392,488 $2,976,389 $1,205,760 $20,082,193
Total Revenues: $122,443,594 $0 $4,575,830 $104,535,447 $29,073,789 $4,815,243 $265,443,903
Expenditures by Function
General Government $38,122,364 $0 $4,575,830 $4,004,449 $0 $4,815,243 $51,517,886
Public Safety $52,595,872 $0 $0 $47,262,333 $4,833,303 $0 $104,691,508
Physical Environment $2,564,010 $0 $0 $4,783,320 $23,866,486 $0 $31,213,816
Transportation $2,767,301 $0 $0 $27,533,291 $374,000 $0 $30,674,592
Economic Environment $399,367 $0 $0 $7,568,394 $0 $0 $7,967,761
Human Services $11,684,010 $0 $0 $66,000 $0 $0 $11,750,010
Culture/Recreation $6,143,207 $0 $0 $230,685 $0 $0 $6,373,892
Court Related $3,550,538 $0 $0 $2,376,975 $0 $0 $5,927,513
Sub-Total by Function $117,826,669 $0 $4,575,830 $93,825,447 $29,073,789 $4,815,243 $250,116,978
Non-Operating/Transfers $4,616,925 $0 $0 $10,710,000 $0 $0 $15,326,925
Total Expenditures: $122,443,594 $0 $4,575,830 $104,535,447 $29,073,789 $4,815,243 $265,443,903
The tentative, adopted and/or final budgets are on file in the o􀆯ice or on the website of the above referenced taxing authority as a public record.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
There will be two seats opening on the Santa Rosa County Tourist
Development Council Board of Directors, for an Accommodation
bed tax collector – South End of County.
They are for the term of December 2025 to December 2029.
Listed below are the criteria for these positions:
n Tourism experience, knowledge, and background
n Involved in a tourist related industry
n Registered voter in Santa Rosa County
n Bed tax collector (for Accommodation positions only)
If interested in serving on this council, please submit requested
information to:
Julie White - Tourist Development Director
Santa Rosa County Government
Tourist Development Office
8543 Navarre Parkway, Navarre, FL 32566
Julie@santarosa.fl.gov
Phone: 850-981-8900
Cell: 850-572-0206
Deadline for Submission 1 week after ad is placed
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MIDWAY MINI STORAGE AUCTION - 5426 GULF BREEZE PKWY, GULF BREEZE, FL 32563 UNITS: #C52, DIANE PULLUM/BERNICE DIXON; #1113, ALEX WORTHAM ON SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2025 AT 10AM SHARP NP1591

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO. 2025-CA-000553
THOMAS ENTERPRISES OF FLORIDA, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, Plaintiff, vs. CHARLES PRESSLEY, II, if alive, and if deceased, unknown spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, assigns, and all other parties claiming by through, under or against him, Defendants. NOTICE OF ACTION
TO: CHARLES PRESSLEY, II, if alive, and if deceased, unknown spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, assigns, and all other parties claiming by through, under or against him
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a Complaint for Quiet Title on the following property in Santa Rosa County, Florida: BEGIN AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 27 WEST, SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA; THENCE GO NORTH 87 DEGREES, 45 MINUTES 03 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 7 A DISTANCE OF 650. 49 FEET TO THE EASTERLY EDGE OF PAVING AND THE EASTERLY MAINTAINED RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF BLACK OAK ROAD (R/W WIDTH UNDETERMINED); THENCE GO NORTH 03 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 42 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID EASTERLY EDGE OF PAVING AND EASTERLY MAINTAINED RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID BLACK OAK ROAD A DISTANCE OF 335. 60 FEET; THENCE GO SOUTH 87 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 03 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 647. 62 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 7; THENCE GO SOUTH 02 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 21 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 335. 57 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL OF LAND IS SITUATED IN A PORTION OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 27 WEST, SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA. LESS AND EXCEPT: BEGIN AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 27 WEST, SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA, THENCE RUN NORTH 87 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 03 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 7 FOR A DISTANCE OF 126. 00 FEET, THENCE RUN NORTH 07 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 51 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 337. 19 FEET; THENCE RUN SOUTH 87 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 03 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 95. 00 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 7, THENCE RUN SOUTH 02 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 21 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID EAST LINE FOR A DISTANCE OF 335. 57 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL OF LAND IS SITUATED IN SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 27 WEST, SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA. Santa Rosa County Parcel ID No. 07-1N-27-0000-01202-0000
Address: Black Oak Road, Milton, FL
has been filed against you and others, and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on ANDREW J. POWER, ESQUIRE, SMITH, THOMPSON, SHAW, COLÓN & POWER, P. A. , Plaintiff’s attorneys, 3520 Thomasville Road, Fourth Floor, Tallahassee, Florida 32309-3469, no more than thirty (30) days from the first publication date of this Notice of Action, and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiff’s attorneys or immediately thereafter; otherwise, a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint or petition. DATED this 3rd day of September, 2025. JASON D. ENGLISH - Clerk of Court
By: /s/ Beverly Dowler
Deputy Clerk
Santa Rosa County Courthouse
Milton, FL 32583
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