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Delray Beach staff to prepare balanced budget based on 6.1611 millage after workshop
Summary
City staff presented operating-budget scenarios and a roughly $24 million–$26 million shortfall; commissioners signaled support for a compromise tentative millage of 6.1611 while asking staff to continue pursuing efficiencies and revenue options.
City Manager Moore asked the Delray Beach City Commission on July 8 to direct staff to prepare a proposed fiscal 2025–26 operating budget using a tentative millage rate of 6.1611, a midpoint of the options presented to the commission.
The request followed a detailed presentation by Henry Dackiewicz, the city’s chief financial officer, and Deputy Chief Financial Officer Carmen Aleman on a projected operating budget of $348,607,002, revenue scenarios tied to assessed-value changes, and a forecasted general-fund shortfall in the low- to mid‑$20 million range. "So we will proceed with a balanced budget consideration of 6.1611," City Manager Moore said near the end of the discussion.
The commission heard four millage scenarios: maintaining the current operating rate (5.9063 mills) and three higher options (6.0563, 6.0611 and 6.2611). Staff said the higher millage options would generate additional ad valorem revenue that, combined…
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