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Boca Raton council adopts final budget, sets millage at 3.6649 mills; votes unanimous
Summary
The Boca Raton City Council on Sept. 25 adopted ordinances setting the city’s final millage rate and fiscal 2025–26 budget and approved a five‑year capital improvements program; councilors also approved a package of rebudgets and nonprofit allocations during a 5–0 vote.
Mayor Singer and the Boca Raton City Council adopted two ordinances and a capital improvements resolution at a Sept. 25 final budget hearing, approving the city’s final millage rate and the fiscal year 2025–26 budget.
The clerk read Ordinance 57‑51, which sets ad valorem taxes for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2025, and ending Sept. 30, 2026. The ordinance text states the percentage by which the millage to be levied exceeds the rollback rate (3.4931 mills) is 4.42% and lists a total millage rate of 3.6649 mills. The council then adopted Ordinance 57‑52, the final budget and appropriations for the same fiscal year. Both ordinances passed on roll call, 5–0.
“The millage rate has decreased now. This will be the eighth year in a row,” Mayor Singer said during discussion; CFO and Deputy City Manager Jim Zervis told the…
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