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Riviera Beach council sets millage at 8.35 mills, advances city budget and five-year CIP on first reading
Summary
On first reading the council set a millage rate of 8.35 mills (6.53% above the rollback) and advanced the proposed FY2025-26 budget and the city's five-year capital improvements plan; council discussion focused on firefighter staffing, special-events funding and the new communications department.
The Riviera Beach City Council on Sept. 3 approved on first reading a package of fiscal measures that together shape next year's spending and capital program. The council: (1) set the millage rate at 8.35 mills for fiscal year 2025-26 (ordinance 42-86), (2) advanced the operating and enterprise budgets for FY2025-26 (ordinance 42-87) on first reading, and (3) adopted an updated five-year capital improvements plan (ordinance 42-88).
City Manager Jonathan Evans and Chief Financial Officer Randy Sherman presented the budget documents accompanied by detailed slides. Sherman said the published millage of 8.35 mills is 6.53% higher than the rollback rate of 7.8381 because assessed property values rose; "it is not that the rate went up, but it is the property value," Sherman said. The staff recommended approval of the 8.35 mills rate.
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