In a midnight aimed at reducing government spending at a time of explosive growth, the Collier County Board of County Commissioners voted over night to make near across the board cuts to the county’s general funds and then make up for the intentional budget shortfalls by all but depleting the existing accounts set aside for conservation.
Collier County City Manager Amy Patterson and Growth Management Department Head Jamie French discussed the future of the county’s 1-cent sales tax and attracting affordable housing developers to the county among others during the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce’s Wake Up Naples event this month.