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The Villages
Tuesday, April 23, 2024

PWAC gives preliminary approval to budget with increase of $1.9 million

The Project Wide Advisory Committee this week gave preliminary approval to a $14 million budget for 2018-19.

It represents an increase of $1,937,808 over last year’s budget.

PWAC is made up of Community Development Districts 5 through 12.

“This budget, as it currently stands will have some increases for our residents,” said PWAC Chairman Peter Moeller.

Hanging over PWAC’s head is the $1.7 million rock revetment project aimed at shoring up the embankment at the Morse Boulevard bridge.

PWAC formally abandoned a plan to seek a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant to help pay for the bridge project. Assistant District Manager Richard Baier had researched the issue and outlined his concerns in a memo.   

In addition, PWAC will hold a budget workshop July 9 to further review the Sumter Landing Amenities Division Fund and provide budget updates for the Project Wide Fund.

There are truly wonderful people in The Villages

In a Letter to the Editor, a Village of DeLuna resident expresses thanks for a kind couple who did him a huge favor. He does not know them, but he is very grateful.

Thank You Marsha Shearer

A Village of Piedmont resident expresses his thanks to Marsha Shearer for information in her recent Opinion piece. But we sense a little sarcasm.

People have a right to feel safe in their homes

A Fruitland Park woman who regularly travels on Cherry Lake Road expresses support for a Village of Caroline couple fighting to keep stockade-style fence to protect their property. Read her Letter to the Editor

No vending machines at recreation center

A Hacienda of Mission Hills resident is questing the lack of vending machines at a recreation center.

El Niño and golf maintenance in The Villages

A Village of Bonnybrook resident has heard news about golf maintenance crews being shifted around and wonders if it will mimic the El Niño effect. Read his Letter to the Editor.