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Port St. Joe commission sets 2025-26 millage, adopts tentative budget and certifies election results
Summary
The Port St. Joe City Commission on Sept. 8 set an ad valorem millage rate of 3.5914 mills for fiscal 2025-26, adopted the citytentative budget by ordinance and approved a resolution certifying recent election results.
PORT ST. JOE, Fla. Sept. 8, 2025 The Port St. Joe City Commission on Monday set the cityad valorem property tax millage for fiscal year 2025-26 at 3.5914 mills, adopted the tentative budget for that fiscal year and approved a resolution certifying the results of the city's recent municipal election.
The commission opened a public hearing on Ordinance 6-22, which the city attorney described as the ordinance that sets the ad valorem millage rate and states the percentage by which the levy differs from the rollback rate required by Florida law. The ordinance sets the millage at 3.5914 mills for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2025, and ending Sept. 30, 2026, and notes that this is 4.6% above the rollback rate of 3.4237 mills. The ordinance was placed for a first reading and the commission voted to proceed with the public hearing and first reading.
The commission next opened a public hearing on Ordinance 6-23, the tentative budget for the same fiscal year. After hearing no public comment, a motion for first reading passed. The commission then voted on Resolution 2025-12 to certify the municipal election; a motion to adopt the resolution passed after brief remarks from commissioners praising voter engagement.
Why this matters: setting the millage and adopting the budget are the formal steps the city must take to fund municipal operations, capital projects and services for the coming fiscal year. The millage figure and budget will determine property-tax bills for residents and set priorities for public spending.
Supporting details: city staff read the ordinance language aloud, citing the procedures required by section 200.065, Florida Statutes, for levying a millage and reporting the percentage change relative to the rollback rate. The commission held required public hearings and recorded motions for first readings. No members of the public spoke during the hearings on the millage or the tentative budget.
Next steps: the ordinance on millage and the budget proceed through the first-reading process; the city will finalize any additional hearings or second readings required under state law before the fiscal year begins Oct. 1, 2025.
(Reporting note: actions and legal citations are taken from the text read into the record at the Sept. 8 commission meeting.)
