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Collier County presents FY26 recommended budget: $2.215 billion total, timeline set for millage and hearings
Summary
Director Christopher Johnson gave commissioners an overview of the county’s FY26 recommended budget, a $2.215 billion plan that includes a millage‑neutral general fund proposal, expanded service requests of $19.5 million and a calendar of public hearings and TRIM compliance deadlines through October.
Christopher Johnson, director of Corporate Financial and Management Services, presented Collier County’s recommended FY26 budget at the board’s June 19 budget workshop, detailing totals, policy assumptions and the schedule of statutory and public steps ahead.
The most immediate facts: the county’s FY26 net budget totals $2,215,000,000, an increase of $19,500,000 over FY25. The proposed FY26 general fund is $728,900,000 and the unincorporated area general fund is $91,300,000. The recommended package includes $19,500,000 in expanded service requests (12 full‑time equivalents and 12 vehicles among operating requests) and a capital program…
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