S&P Global Ratings assigned its 'AA' rating to Sarasota County, Florida's $28.5 million series 2026 infrastructure sales surtax revenue bonds. At the same time, we affirmed our 'AA' rating on the county's parity infrastructure sales surtax revenue bonds outstanding. The outlook is stable. NEW YORK (S&P Global Ratings) July 21, 2026--S&P Global Ratings today took the rating actions listed above. The stable outlook reflects our view that pledged revenues will support strong MADS coverage over the two-year outlook horizon despite the possibility of the county issuing additional parity debt through 2039. Under our criteria, the attributes of the priority-lien rating and the obligor's creditworthiness are linked. Therefore, in some cases, movement in the obligor's creditworthiness could dictate or limit movement
