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Port Orange adopts 4.975-mill final rate and a $223.7 million FY2026 budget

5968974 · September 17, 2025
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Summary

The Port Orange City Council approved a final ad valorem millage rate of 4.975 mills and adopted a citywide fiscal year 2026 budget totaling $223,696,012, funding operations, five new police positions and multiple parks and capital projects.

The Port Orange City Council voted to adopt a final ad valorem millage rate of 4.975 mills per $1,000 of assessed value and approved the citywide fiscal year 2026 budget totaling $223,696,012.

The action came during a public hearing on the millage and the subsequent vote on the budget. The city’s taxable value for operating purposes was stated at $5,857,514,423. Council members voted 4-1 to adopt the millage and later approved the final budget by the same margin. City staff said the 4.975 rate is 4.1% above the rollback rate of 4.779 and includes a voter-approved levy of 0.1623 mills for debt service on 2006…

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