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Orange City adopts 7.2387 millage rate and FY2025'FY2026 budget
Summary
The Orange City Council set the millage rate at 7.2387 mills (an 11.33% increase over the rollback rate) and adopted the city's FY2025'FY2026 balanced budget, which uses a $247,000 reserve transfer and adds three positions, including two police officers.
Orange City's City Council on Sept. 23 adopted a millage rate of 7.2387 mills and approved the annual budget for fiscal year 2025'2026.
Finance Director Devlin Moore told the council the rollback rate certified by the Volusia County property appraiser is 6.5019 mills and said, “the proposed millage rate is 7.2387, which represents an 11.33% increase over the rollback rate.” Moore said the proposed budget balances with a $247,000 transfer from reserves and provides funding for three new general-fund positions: two police officers and a special-events coordinator.
The budget hearing materials and Moore's presentation stressed that the rate is intended to cover rising operational costs, including public safety, and to offset slowing revenue growth in other areas. He told the council the city currently invests about $32.2 million across three local-government investment pools, and that the proposed spending plan maintains existing service levels.
Following the presentations and a call for public comment (none were received for the millage hearing), the council voted to adopt ordinance 693 to set the millage at 7.2387 and then adopted ordinance 694, the annual budget for FY2025'FY2026.
Council members recorded their votes on the record and Mayor Marks announced both ordinances had passed. City staff said the budget will allow the city to maintain services and increase staffing in priority areas. The city will hold the second reading of other related fiscal ordinances as required by notice and ordinance schedule.
