Plantation council adopts preliminary maximum millage rates; general millage set at 5.8 mills

The City of Plantation City Council voted to adopt preliminary maximum millage rates for fiscal year 2026 and accepted the administration's proposed budget overview on July 23, 2025. The council approved a preliminary general millage rate of 5.8 mills, and approved separate district millage rates for the Gateway and Midtown Development Districts.

Finance Director Anna Antiano told the council the proposed all-funds budget for fiscal 2026 is about $282,000,000, a 0.3% increase ($969,000) over the prior year, and recommended that the council set the maximum millage that Broward County will be notified of so the city may later reduce the rate at the public hearings in September. Antiano said changes from the prior year include sizeable increases in special district and capital project funds and modest increases in utility and enterprise funds; the general fund was proposed to decrease by $2.9 million.

Antiano said the proposed 5.8-mill general millage, combined with a 6.99% property value increase reported by the Broward County Property Appraiser, is projected to produce roughly $82.3 million in ad valorem revenue (estimated at 96% collection). She also identified an "adjusted rollback" rate of 5.7066 mills and a statutory rollback rate of 5.4603 mills.

Why it matters: the preliminary maximum millage is the rate the county must be told the city could charge in fiscal 2026; the council may reduce rates at the two required public hearings in…