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Miami commission adopts final millage ordinance, sets 7.3616 mills for FY 2025–26
Summary
The Miami City Commission on Sept. 25 adopted an ordinance setting a total final ad valorem tax rate of 7.3616 mills for fiscal year 2025–26, approving the city's final millage after a roll-call vote of 5-0.
The Miami City Commission on Sept. 25 adopted Ordinance BH3, setting a total final ad valorem tax rate (millage) of 7.3616 mills for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2025, and ending Sept. 30, 2026. The ordinance passed on a 5-0 roll-call vote.
City Attorney George Weisong explained that the hearing and action were the commission's second and final budget meeting and related public hearing “for the purposes of fixing the city's final millage rate, adopting the city's final budget, and approving various agency budgets for the fiscal year beginning 10/01/2025 and ending 09/30/2026,” and said the hearing was set pursuant to Resolution R25-304 and in compliance with chapter 200 and section 166.241 of the Florida Statutes.
The Budget Director told the commission that the proposed general operating millage rate advertised on Sept. 21 was 7.108 mills for the City of Miami, and that the operating millage was 7.67% higher than the state-defined rollback rate of 6.6015. The Downtown Development Authority's proposed tentative millage rate to fund its operations was stated as 0.39 mills; the DDA's rollback rate was 0.4053 mills.
At the roll call on BH3 the clerk recorded the following: Commissioner Pardo — yes; Commissioner Gabela — yes; Commissioner Rosado — yes; Vice Chair Corallo — yes; Chair King — yes. The clerk announced, “Motion passes 5-0.”
The ordinance contains a severability clause and an effective-date provision and was read into the record before the vote. The commission discussed the millage separate from subsequent midyear and capital-budget topics that the body planned to address separately.
No formal appeals or legal challenges to the ordinance were announced at the meeting.
The commission moved next to other budget items and to public-safety and budget amendments that were discussed and adopted separately at the same hearing.
