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Melbourne Beach adopts 4.6‑mill rate and $5,000,002.93 final budget after 4–1 votes; commissioners debate staffing and severance
Summary
The Town Commission approved a 4.6 operating millage and a $5,000,002.93 final fiscal 2025–26 budget on Sept. 25 by 4–1 roll call votes. Commissioners discussed elimination of a finance clerk position, retention of a building clerk, a requested severance, and the planned use of a private building official contract.
The Town Commission of Melbourne Beach adopted a final operating millage rate of 4.6 mills and approved a final budget for fiscal year 2025–26 totaling $5,000,002.93 on Sept. 25, each measure passing on 4–1 roll-call votes (Commissioner Tim Reed opposed). Mayor Allison Dennington presided over the special meeting and called for both votes after a brief recess earlier in the evening.
The measures fund the town’s operations for the 2025–26 fiscal year and follow weeks of budget deliberations that included proposals to shift staffing and to increase funding for the fire department. The meeting also included discussion of an employee request for severance pay and plans to hire a private contract building official.
Commissioners voted first on resolution 2025‑14 to set the final operating millage at 4.6 mills (above the rollback rate of 4.2574) and to set the final debt service millage at 0.091 mills. The motion passed on a roll-call vote of Mayor…
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