St. Lucie property tax roll will go up

By REBECCA PANOFF
FORT PIERCE – Even with the real estate market cooling off, St. Lucie County, Fort Pierce and Port St. Lucie will see at least a 16 percent increases in their tax rolls according to numbers released by Property Appraiser Jeff Furst.

According to the preliminary tax roll released by Furst to county and city officials to help them gauge their budgets, every municipality in the county saw an increase, although St. Lucie Village's increase was only estimated at 6 percent.

But Furst said Thursday his preliminary numbers are conservative and he thinks the final tax roll, released July 1, could be as high or higher than last year's numbers.