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Riviera Beach adopts 2025–26 budget, sets millage at 8.35 and approves staff pay increases
Summary
City council adopted a $214 million operating budget and set the property tax millage at 8.35 mills for fiscal 2025–26, approved a capital plan and agreed to an across-the-board pay increase for nonrepresented employees and an equity adjustment for council legislative aides.
Riviera Beach City Council on Sept. 17 adopted the fiscal 2025–26 budget, set a millage rate of 8.35 mills and approved a package of personnel pay adjustments after a lengthy discussion about employee compensation.
The council voted to adopt ordinance 42-86, fixing the millage rate at 8.35 mills for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2025, and ordinance 42-87, adopting the city’s $214 million operating budget for fiscal 2026. Council also approved ordinance 42-88, the five-year capital improvements plan for 2026–2030.
The budget vote included a change from staff’s original recommendation. City Manager Jonathan Evans told the council staff had proposed a 3% increase for nonrepresented employees; council members debated higher…
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