The City of Homestead held a special budget public hearing on Nov. 19 and re‑adopted the final operating millage rate and approved the city’s budget for fiscal year 2025–26.

City staff told the council that an earlier notice of tax increase contained an incorrect levy amount — an error the finance department said it had signed and that the state’s TRIM (Truth in Millage) rules consider a substantial violation requiring re‑advertisement. Finance and budget staff said they re‑advertised the corrected notice and scheduled the legally required second hearing.

At the hearing Finance/Budget staff read required millage statements and said the final operating millage rate is 5.9604 mills and the voted debt millage is 0.2446 mills. After a motion to move the item (mover identified in the record as Councilman Roth) and a second (Councilman Cannonball), the council took no public comments and approved the readoption by roll-call vote. The transcript records the following roll‑call responses on the millage readoption as “Yes”: Councilman Cannonville, Councilman Fletcher, Councilman Ross, Councilwoman Koski, Councilwoman Aguilar, Vice Mayor Bailey and Mayor Lawson.

The council then held the second reading of the ordinance adopting the budget and capital improvements for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2025 and ending Sept. 30, 2026. Staff said there were no changes from the prior presentation. After the public‑hearing portion closed, the council conducted a roll‑call vote and recorded unanimous approval of the ordinance; the recorded roll call for the budget included Councilman Fletcher, Councilman Cannonball, Councilman Ross, Councilwoman Koski, Councilwoman Avila, Vice Mayor Bailey and Mayor Lawson (each recorded as voting 'Yes' in the transcript).

The transcript did not include the printed ordinance text or a line‑by‑line budget breakdown; finance staff provided the formal millage numbers and described the correction to the advertised levy amount. The record indicates the city intends to implement the adopted budget and to post or provide further details through its regular channels.

Ending: The council concluded the special budget hearing having re‑advertised in compliance with TRIM rules and recorded unanimous votes to readopt the millage rate and adopt the FY 2025–26 budget ordinance.