Fort Lauderdale staff outline mid‑session state budget wins, warn on several bills

Daphne Seinville, the city’s public affairs manager, told the Fort Lauderdale City Commission on April 1 that preliminary House and Senate base budgets show a roughly $4.4 billion difference and that several local projects have partial or full funding proposals in one chamber or the other.

Seinville said the Senate’s base is currently about $117,400,000,000 and the House’s about $112,900,000,000. “Before I get into the policy bills, I wanna talk money first because we like talking about money,” she said.

The mid‑session briefing matters because state appropriations and statutory changes debated in Tallahassee could advance or constrain projects and city operations. City staff said they are tracking about 305 bills this session that could relate to municipalities.

City funding requests that staff said were in play include: the Galt Mile Improvement Project (city requested $2,000,000; House $1,000,000, not in the Senate at the time of the briefing); roadway resurfacing (city requested $750,000; in the Senate for $750,000); a sidewalk repair and safety…