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Boca Raton previews balanced FY2025–26 budget with slight millage drop, $1.3B five‑year CIP and targeted new positions
Summary
CFO Jim Zervis previewed a balanced FY2025–26 budget that trims roughly $2 million in expenditures, lowers the total millage to 3.6649, adds 15 positions citywide, and programs a five‑year CIP of about $1.3 billion (about $282 million next year).
Boca Raton’s chief financial officer on Monday presented a preview of the city’s FY2025–26 budget, calling it balanced, showing a small millage reduction and targeted investments in capital projects and staffing.
Jim Zervis, the city’s chief financial officer and deputy city manager, told council the draft budget carries a total millage rate of 3.6649, down from 3.6734, and trims about $2 million from total expenditures compared with the previous year while funding existing service levels. He described the budget as tied to the city’s strategic priorities—community safety, financially sound operations, quality of life and transportation/mobility.
Key figures and programs Zervis said assessed…
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