Harmony, FL: Osceola County proposes keeping tax rate at 6.7 mills

Osceola County is recommending a $2.44 billion Fiscal Year 2027 budget that would keep its General Fund millage rate at 6.7 mills for a 16th consecutive year. The proposal affects countywide services used by Harmony residents, but neither the budget nor the millage rate has been adopted.

County Manager Don Fisher presented the recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners on July 20, 2026. The county says property-tax revenue supports public safety, transportation, parks, libraries, courts and other core services.

The 6.7-mill rate is still a recommendation

The county manager’s recommended budget is the starting point for the annual budget process. Commissioners can review the plan, receive public comment and make changes before taking final action.

Osceola County’s budget calendar lists public hearings for September 3 and September 21, 2026. Residents can use those hearings to comment before the board considers adoption. The $2.44 billion total also does not include carryforward balances that the county says will be incorporated during the September hearings as project and grant completion estimates are finalized.

Harmony is an Osceola County community documented in the county’s planning records. For Harmony residents, the practical stakes are tied to county services rather than a separate municipal rate identified in the approved budget materials. Roads and transportation, public safety, parks, libraries and courts are among the county functions connected to the proposed spending plan.

A flat county rate does not guarantee the same tax bill

A 6.7-mill county rate would not automatically mean every property owner’s total tax bill stays unchanged. Individual bills also depend on assessed value, exemptions and the rates adopted by other taxing authorities, including schools and special districts.

The county’s proposal says property values increased 6.2%, including about $2.2 billion in new construction. That can expand the tax base even when the General Fund millage rate remains unchanged, but it does not by itself determine what any particular Harmony household will pay.

A separate state proposal could affect local revenue

The county budget process is separate from a proposed Florida constitutional amendment, identified by the county as Amendment 3, that would change homestead exemptions and reduce the assessment-growth limit for certain non-homestead property.

A Florida Revenue Estimating Conference analysis reviewed June 12, 2026, modeled a recurring reduction of about $11.86 billion in non-school property-tax revenue statewide if the proposal is approved. The analysis lists an estimated recurring Osceola impact of about $253.3 million across county, municipal and special-district non-school levies.

Those figures are conditional estimates, not a forecast of any individual Harmony household’s bill. The June 12 analysis states that it was superseded by a review completed July 10, 2026, so the figures should be treated as an earlier modeled estimate rather than a final outcome.

For Harmony residents, the next concrete checkpoints are the September 3 and September 21 budget hearings, any revisions to the recommended county plan, the final adopted millage rate and official updates on the proposed state amendment. Until the county completes that process, the 6.7-mill figure remains a recommendation.

Sources

• Osceola County FY2027 tax-rate proposal announcement
• Florida Revenue Estimating Conference ad valorem impact analysis