LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – Lake County’s property appraiser, is requesting an additional $1.2 million to increase the office’s budget, which currently stands just under $5 million, but not everyone is on board.

Property Appraiser, Mark Jordan, said the budget boost is necessary to keep pace with the county’s fast growth and to bring the office’s funding more in line with similar-sized Florida counties.

“It’s significant growth that’s the issue here and our budget simply cannot keep up with that,” Jordan said.

The proposed increase would in part go toward funding new positions.

“This would be our first IT person, which is we’re beyond the adolescent stages,” Jordan said. “So we certainly need stuff like that. There’s additional field appraisers, an additional commercial appraiser. We only hav

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