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Casselberry adopts 3.9999-mill rate to fund services, cites rising personnel costs
Summary
The Casselberry City Commission on Sept. 22 adopted a final operating millage of 3.9999 mills and a voted debt millage of 0.6126 mills for FY 2025–26 after hearing the city manager outline personnel and inflation pressures that drove the increase.
The Casselberry City Commission voted Sept. 22 to adopt a final operating millage rate of 3.9999 mills and a voted debt millage of 0.6126 mills for fiscal year 2025–26.
City Manager Randy Newland told commissioners the city has faced sustained inflation and rising labor costs that left general fund reserves at risk and required consideration of a millage increase. "Our employees' salaries and benefits grew 18% and our police salaries and benefits increased 35%," Newland said, citing personnel pressures tied to newly opened parks and competitive labor markets. He said the millage as proposed would generate $10,601,467 for the general fund and $1,623,656 for debt service on parks bonds.
A commissioner said she remained "philosophically opposed to the idea of this big of a jump" but acknowledged uncertainties about federal and state cost shares; Newland replied there had been no new developments that would materially reduce the proposed rate since the prior hearing.
No members of the public spoke during the hearing. A motion to adopt Resolution 25-3541 passed by voice vote.
The adoption sets the tax levy the city will use to prepare the 2025–26 tax roll and funds ongoing operations and debt service; the commission did not rescind or amend the approved capital projects discussed in the budget presentation. The commission will proceed with budget implementation and related staff actions in coming weeks.
