Boca Raton council adopts final 2024–25 budget, trims millage after minor amendments

The Boca Raton City Council on Monday adopted the city'wide final millage and the fiscal 2024–25 budget and approved the 2024'2030 capital improvements program, voting unanimously on two ordinances and the CIP resolution after minor amendments and line'by'line adjustments to nonprofit awards.

The council passed Ordinance 5704, which adopts final millage rates and levies ad valorem taxes for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2024, and Ordinance 5703, the city'wide appropriations ordinance for the same fiscal year. The votes on both ordinances, and on Resolution 91-2024 (the five-year capital improvements program through 2030), were 5 to 0.

Why it matters: The adopted package funds public safety, capital projects and several new positions while keeping the city's overall millage in line with recent years. Financial staff said small technical amendments and the elimination of a handful of vacant positions trimmed the millage modestly and passed a modest savings to taxpayers.

What the council approved and why. City budget staff presented a proposed operating millage of 3.6596 mills and a voter-approved debt service millage of 0.0186 mills, for an initial total proposed millage of 3.6782 mills. Financial Services Director Jim Zervos told the…