Amendment 3 passed, raising the homestead exemption for non-school property taxes and lowering the annual cap on assessment increases for non-homestead property from 10% to 5%. It drew 65.47% support in Monroe County and passed statewide with 62.0%.

Local tax projection: Monroe County Property Appraiser Scott Russell, using FY26 certified values and a conservative 2.5% annual “Just Value” growth assumption, found that overall taxable values would still rise in most taxing districts. His analysis, reviewed by the County Office of Management and Budget, projected an overall countywide ad valorem revenue increase of about $287,440 in FY27.