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Bonita Springs unveils preliminary 2025–26 balanced budget; millage, stormwater votes set
Summary
City staff presented a preliminary, balanced fiscal 2025–26 budget that keeps the current millage rate, details capital spending and reserves, and schedules the millage and stormwater votes for July and September under state timing requirements.
Lisa (budget staff) presented the City of Bonita Springs’ first preliminary draft of the balanced fiscal year 2025–26 budget and the calendar for adoption, saying, “We’re here to present the first preliminary draft of your 25/26 budget.”
The draft keeps the current millage rate at 0.847 and retains the present stormwater utility fee while laying out a capital improvement program that includes large multi‑year projects. The city will hold a preliminary millage vote and stormwater utility vote on July 16; tentative and final budget hearings are set for Sept. 3 and Sept. 17, each at 5:30 p.m., chosen to meet requirements in Florida statutes.
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