Sunny Isles Beach adopts tentative 1.7‑mill tax rate; budget ordinance passes first reading 3‑2

The City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach voted to adopt a tentative millage rate of 1.7 mills per $1,000 of taxable assessed value and advanced the city's fiscal year 2025—26 operating and capital improvement budget on first reading, sending the ordinance to a second hearing on Sept. 11, 2025.

City Manager St. Mager told the commission the budget presented "is the culmination of a tremendous amount of work by our finance department," and said the commission's direction to lower the millage from 1.8 to 1.7 required reductions in operating expenses. St. Mager said the reduced millage yields an estimated $377,000 increase in property tax revenue based on adjusted values, and that other revenue increases include utility taxes (+$200,000), charges for services (+$223,000), fines and forfeitures (+$666,000) and miscellaneous revenues including interest (+$476,900). He said the total budget for all funds is $232,687,882 and that public safety accounts…