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Pembroke Pines gets early budget preview; general fund shows $8.2 million shortfall
Summary
Assistant City Manager/Finance Director Lisa Chong presented a preliminary budget visioning that showed all major funds balanced except the general fund, which has an $8.2 million gap; commissioners pressed staff on state property‑tax reform timing, asked for more resident outreach, and were told preliminary taxable values arrive June 1.
Lisa Chong, assistant city manager and finance director, presented Pembroke Pines’ early budget visioning to the City Commission, saying the exercise is "the kickoff or the starting point of our budget process" and asking elected officials to flag projects and priorities for staff to include in the coming fiscal year. Chong told commissioners that, after a department‑by‑department review, all major funds are currently balanced except the general fund, which shows a preliminary shortfall of about $8.2 million that staff expect to close before a formal June budget return.
The presentation delivered a high‑level snapshot of assumptions and pressures that will shape the next budget. Staff are using a conservative 5% assumed increase in taxable values (below last year’s…
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