Orange County Tax Collector

An Orlando non-profit that helps the homeless get identification documents is celebrating a $50,000 state grant. The money will help about 400 clients of iDignity get their IDs.

Orange County commissioners will have an extra $21.7 million to spend this fiscal year thanks to excess revenue, $3.2 million more than last year. Tax Collector Scott Randolph attributes the cash hike to higher property values during the 2015-2016 fiscal year. He is asking commissioners to put some of the money toward getting air conditioning at the county’s animal shelter.