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Miami Gardens adopts 6.9363‑mill rate and roughly $121 million budget; council orders outreach after tax confusion
Summary
On Sept. 24, 2025, Miami Gardens City Council unanimously approved a 6.9363 operating millage (unchanged for 13 years), a 0.4331 voted debt millage, and an approximate $121 million general fund budget for fiscal year 2025–26. Council directed staff to publicize the tax facts and consider additional community outreach and signage.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The Miami Gardens City Council on Sept. 24 unanimously approved a final operating millage rate of 6.9363 mills and a voted debt service rate of 0.4331 mills for fiscal year 2025–26, and adopted a general fund budget the city described as approximately $121,000,000.
The council voted 7-0 to approve the millage resolution and later voted 7-0 to adopt the budget after a brief period of discussion and public comment. The fiscal year runs Oct. 1, 2025, through Sept. 30, 2026; the combined aggregate millage is 7.3694 mills.
City officials said the operating millage rate has not increased in 13 years. During public comment, resident Carol Jones asked whether property taxes were rising after seeing a report in a local paper. "I've read in the Miami Times where you guys are going up on the property tax," Jones said. Mr. Clay, a city staff member, responded: "We are not increasing our property tax rate. We have not increased it for the last 13 or 14 years. If you are…
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