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Greenacres council approves tentative millage and adopts $81.8 million FY2026 operating budget on first reading
Summary
The City Council unanimously approved first readings for Ordinances 2025-17 and 2025-18, setting a tentative millage of 6.3 mills and adopting a proposed FY2026 operating budget of $81,792,071; officials said public safety costs outpace ad valorem revenue and a second hearing is scheduled for Sept. 17, 2025.
City Manager McHugh presented the City of Greenacres’ tentative millage and operating budget on the first public hearing of the fiscal-year process, and the council approved both ordinances on first reading.
City Manager McHugh told the council that the certified total taxable value for the city rose to $3,382,129,026, an increase of $240,847,423 from last year’s $3,141,281,603. “The millage rate of 6.3 mills applicable to the general fund levy for fiscal year 2026 is 7.43% greater than the calculated rollback millage rate…of 5.8641 mills,” McHugh said, and that rate would generate about $20,455,116 in ad valorem revenue. Staff presented a proposed…
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