Coconut Creek adopts 2026 budget, sets operating millage at 6.8988 mills and approves capital plan

The Coconut Creek City Commission on Monday, Sept. 25, 2025, adopted its fiscal year 2026 operating and capital budget and set the city's operating ad valorem tax rate at 6.8988 mills after a second public hearing; the commission also approved a five-year capital improvement program and several related resolutions, all by unanimous vote.

Finance and Administrative Services Director Peter Gay told the commission this was the second public hearing on the proposed 2026 budget and tax rate and that the tentative operating millage rate "of 6.8988 represents a 6.47% increase over the rollback rate of 6.4793 computed pursuant to state law and represents a 0% increase over the current millage rate." Gay said the rate mirrors the figure on notices mailed to property owners in August.

Why it matters: the millage rate and adopted budget determine how much property owners pay and how the city funds services and capital priorities for the coming year. The approved spending plan funds operating needs and continues work on three stated capital priorities: Fire Station 113, police department renovations and Main Street work.

What the commission approved

- Ad valorem tax rate: Ordinance to set the city's 2026 operating millage at 6.8988 mills. The…