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City administrator says FY26 budget balanced with cuts and one-time funding; previewing FY27 millage options
Summary
City Administrator Faye Johnson told the West Palm Beach commission the FY26 general fund was balanced after $4.2 million in operational reductions and one-time funding, while signaling cautious optimism that FY27 could allow a modest millage reduction without additional operational cuts.
Faye Johnson, city administrator, told the City Commission during a work session that administration balanced the FY26 general fund after identifying a $4.2 million budget gap and making targeted operational reductions and one-time funding allocations.
Johnson said the FY25 general fund revenue base was $264,000,000 and that the city brought $19,000,000 of new general-fund revenue into FY26. At the same time, she said obligated expenses and critical needs for the year totaled $23,200,000, creating a $4,200,000 shortfall that the city closed with a mix of cuts and temporary funding. "We took $1,000,000 out of the general fund that we had started two…
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