Estero Village Council approved adopting the ad valorem taxes for fiscal year 2024-25 at a millage rate of 0.73, a reduction from the prior year’s rate of 0.74 mills. Council has voted to reduce the tax rate every year except the first year following incorporation and in 2020 due to the pandemic. Estero’s tax rate is the lowest in the region. Council also adopted a $91,404,264 budget for the fiscal year that goes into effect Oct. 1.