Budget

The Budget department guides the formulation, implementation, supervision, and evaluation of the city’s annual budget in concurrence with Florida Statues. This division uses a strategically focused budgeting approach in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and all applicable City, State, and Federal requirements.

The budget document is a financial plan, intended to articulate the goals and objectives set forth by the City Council. The finance director shall, on or before the first Monday in August of each year, prepare a tentative budget of all anticipated receipts from all sources whatsoever and all anticipated expenditures, and shall present such budget to the city council for its consideration in making the annual tax levy. The council shall adopt an annual budget for the city by ordinance or resolution as provided by the city code before October 1 of each year, or otherwise in accordance with state statutes. An ordinance or resolution adopting an annual budget shall constitute appropriations of the amounts specified as expenditures from the funds indicated and shall constitute a levy of the property tax proposed.

The annual operating and capital budget is presented in nine sections: 1) City Information; 2) Budget Summary; 3) General Fund Budget, including line-item detail; 4) Infrastructure Fund Budget; 5) Community Redevelopment Funds; 6) Water & Wastewater Fund Budget, including line-item detail; 7) Airport Fund Budget; 8) Sanitation Fund, including line-item detail and 9) Capital Improvement Plan.

We are proud of the efforts made by staff to formulate a document that demonstrates the financial health of our community and that will serve as a meaningful and useful tool to monitor our financial progress.