The Broward County Commission voted this week to lower its millage rate for the first time since 2018 after approving its new budget, but property owners will still see their taxes increase because property values continue to rise.

The commission decision Tuesday to slightly lower the millage rate from 5.6690% to 5.6658% comes less than two months after Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia announced the Florida DOGE audit of Broward County's finances. The name is taken from the federal Department of Government Efficiency.

DeSantis and Ingoglia argue that Broward’s flat millage rate hurts taxpayers — even though it remains unchanged for the past seven years. The culprit: higher property values.

The county's total budget, including non-property tax supported agencies like the

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