Nassau Commissioners Cancel Three Meetings and Add a Dec. 14 Budget Session

Three regular commission meetings are off the calendar through the end of the year, according to county notices. The board has set a special meeting “to discuss the budget” for the morning of December 14. The notice does not say what is up for discussion.

By Amelia Undertow · Published November 13, 2026 · County notices checked November 13, 2026

The Nassau County Board of County Commissioners has canceled its regular meetings scheduled for Wednesday, November 18, at 9 a.m., Monday, November 23, at 5 p.m., and Monday, December 28, at 5 p.m. The cancellations come from two notices signed by Chair Alyson R. McCullough: one posted October 27 covering November 23 and December 28, and one posted November 10 covering November 18. Neither notice gives a reason.

On the same day it posted the November 18 cancellation, the county posted a notice of a special meeting for Monday, December 14, at 9 a.m. in the board chambers at the James S. Page Governmental Complex, 96135 Nassau Place, Yulee. The stated purpose is one line: a “special meeting for the board to discuss the budget.” The notice says the public is invited to attend. It does not list an agenda, any documents, a proposed action or how public comment will be handled.

A second special meeting is set for the same day. At 4 p.m. on December 14, the board will hold its annual reorganizational meeting in the same room, under a notice posted October 27.

What the budget notice does not say

The county’s fiscal year began October 1. Commissioners adopted the fiscal 2026–27 budget on September 28, according to the county’s own summary, posted October 5. That summary lists a sixth straight cut in the property-tax rate, a second year of reduced non-public-safety staffing, the end of voluntary grant programs for nonprofits, cuts to non-critical drainage maintenance and roadside mowing, and reduced library hours. It also says the county put a pause on adding new candidate projects to its capital improvement plan “pending a review of future revenues.”

The December 14 notice does not say whether that review, a change to the adopted budget or something else is the subject. No budget amendment, service change or tax decision is described in it.

The backdrop: a property-tax change set for January 1

Analysis. The meeting falls 18 days before January 1, 2027. That is the date a statewide property-tax amendment takes effect if voters approved it, according to the Florida Senate’s summary of the joint resolution. The state’s election results page, still labeled unofficial when checked November 13, shows Amendment 3 with 4,922,400 yes votes, or 61.98%, above the 60% needed.

The Senate summary says the measure raises the homestead exemption from non-school property taxes to as much as $150,000 of assessed value starting January 1, 2027, and as much as $250,000 starting January 1, 2028, for people who were permanent Florida residents as of December 31, 2026. It lowers the yearly cap on assessment increases for non-homestead property from 10% to 5%. It also limits what counties and cities may spend property-tax revenue on, to a list that includes public safety, infrastructure, debt service, retirement obligations and the operations of local government.

The county’s notice does not mention the amendment, and nothing in the records reviewed for this report ties the December 14 meeting to it. The county has, however, publicly discussed tightening before: its July 15 budget update said commissioners and staff discussed “a 10% reduction scenario” at a June 22 workshop. We found no county-published estimate of what Amendment 3 would cost Nassau’s budget in the sources checked for this story and are not publishing one.

Other county dates between now and then

• Tuesday, November 17, 4–7 p.m. Public meeting on Amelia Island Trail Phase 5 at the Peck Community Center auditorium, 516 S. 10th St., Fernandina Beach. Commissioners may attend but will not vote, the county notice says.
• Tuesday, November 17. The Planning and Zoning Board’s 6 p.m. regular meeting has been canceled. No reason or replacement date is given.
• Wednesday, November 18, 10 a.m. The county opens bids for a SHIP demolition and reconstruction project, No. 242EC-514 in its notice, at the Robert M. Foster Justice Center, 76347 Veterans Way, Yulee. Bids will be opened but no decision will be made.
• Thursday, November 19, 4 p.m. The Affordable Housing Advisory Committee is on the county calendar at the James S. Page Governmental Complex.
• Wednesday, December 9, 10 a.m. An organizational meeting to elect a delegation chair and vice chair, with a general legislative public hearing, in the board chambers. The county notice says it is open to the public and is not an official commission meeting.
• Through January 8, 2027. Public comments are open on the draft report from the county’s fact-finding committee on data centers, according to the county’s November 9 post.

The notices cited here cover only the meetings they name. They do not say whether the board’s other December regular meetings will go ahead as scheduled, so check the county’s meeting calendar before making plans.

If you go

The budget meeting is Monday, December 14, at 9 a.m. in Yulee. The notice says anyone who needs an accommodation to take part should contact the County Manager’s Office at (904) 530-6010 at least 72 hours ahead. Residents who want to know what the session means for libraries, mowing, drainage or paused capital projects can ask the county to post the agenda and any budget documents before the meeting.

What remains unanswered

• What the board will discuss on December 14, and whether any vote is planned.
• Why the three regular meetings were canceled.
• Whether the county has a revenue estimate for 2027 under Amendment 3, and when it will be made public.