Pensacola City Council approves millage, floodplain update and airport runway contract in unanimous votes

Pensacola City Council members voted unanimously on a broad package of ordinances, grants and contracts at their July 17 meeting, approving measures that ranged from tentative millage-setting to a major airport runway rehabilitation contract.

The council set a tentative fiscal year 2026 millage rate for the city at 4.2895 mills and set a 2.0000-mill levy for the Downtown Improvement District; it authorized the mayor to set final levies and to adjust the adopted rate administratively if final taxable values fall by more than 1 percent. The council also adopted local amendments to the land development code to incorporate FEMA-mandated flood insurance rate maps and maintain the city’s Community Rating System Class 7 credit, preserving a 15 percent discount for eligible National Flood Insurance Program policyholders.

Members approved a package of recently annexed parcels’ future land‑use and zoning map amendments, allowing those…