Boca Raton adopts lower millage, approves final FY2025–26 budget and five‑year CIP

The Boca Raton City Council on Sept. 25, 2025, adopted final millage rates and a $ fiscal-year 2025–26 budget and approved the city’s five‑year capital improvements program after a public hearing and a staff presentation of proposed amendments and rebudgets. The council voted 5–0 to adopt Ordinance No. 57 51 (final millage) and Ordinance No. 57 52 (final budget) and later approved Resolution No. 140 2025 adopting the five‑year CIP.

City officials said the adopted total millage rate will be 3.6649 mills — 3.6476 mills for operations and 0.0173 mills for debt service — an amount that the clerk’s reading of Ordinance No. 57 51 showed is 4.42% above the rolled‑back rate of 3.4931 mills computed under Florida law. Jim Zervis, the city’s chief financial officer and deputy city manager, and Michael Mittelman, a senior budget analyst in the Office of Management and Budget, presented staff’s recommended amendments, which included operating rebudgets and carryovers and capital project rebudgets.