Town of Jupiter's Millage Rate Compared with other Municipalities

Jupiter's 2007-2008 Millage Rate

General Fund	2.0969
Capital Improvements	.1528
Debt Service	.2442
TOTAL	2.4939

2007-2008 Millage Rates for Palm Beach County Municipalities

Boca Raton	3.3057
Palm Beach	3.3637
Lake Worth	7.2959 (operating)
Wellington	2.3400
Palm Beach Gardens	5.2540
Tequesta	5.7671
Boynton Beach	6.4803
Delray Beach	6.5783
West Palm Beach	7.4883

For those who like to say that the Town of Jupiter is "just like" the City of Lake Worth when it comes to the provision of a Day Labor Center, I offer the comparison above. This information comes from the Town of Jupiter's website - with the addition of Lake Worth as a comparison. The millage rate shown for Lake Worth does not include debt millage, where the others do.

So, one can conclude that Jupiter is in a far better position than Lake Worth in terms of its ability to sponsor services intended for the undocumented resident population. Furthermore, its facility was a church formerly and not a recreation facility used by its residents on a daily basis. It is also part of a larger property that is part of the community's master plan for its governmental complex - this could be seen as a similarity between the two if the intent is to move City Hall further west eventually and use the current Shuffleboard Court property as part of it. But, that is where the similarity ends.

I also encourage you to surf around the Town of Jupiter website - complete with an RSS feed, on-line building permits, lien searches, bids, RFPs etc. And, even though it is light years ahead of the City of Lake Worth website, they are taking on an upgrade of it. Click here for an on-line survey asking residents how it can be made better.