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    Grandstanding, or critical needs? City Council debates streets, landscaping, and staffing fire engines in budget hearing finale

    Photo of overgrown Apopka sign, used in presentation by Commissioner Kyle Becker By Reggie Connell, Managing Editor By any measurement, the Fiscal Year 2021-22 budget process was the most contentious in recent memory. From economic development, to wish lists, to staffing sizes on fire trucks, to millage rates, there was something for everyone to agree or disagree with on this one. But with a 4-1 vote to approve the 4.1876 millage rate and a $130 million total budget last week, the final hearing/vote could have been a formality wrapped up in short order. But after 90 minutes of debate at Wednesday’s final budget hearing, it was clear that would not…

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