City Commission - Special Meeting

Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the City Commission budget hearing, our first budget hearing of several. Today is September 9th, 2026. What I didn't get to mention today at our ribbon cutting is I wanted to invite everybody on Friday to the Fire Museum where we will be commemorating the 25th anniversary anniversary of 9-11. Those of you who are watching remotely, everyone's invited. We welcome everybody since Sailboat Ben. And we have this every year. And there will also be another recognition of this event at the Nova Southeastern Science Museum down on Las Olas Boulevard at 11 o'clock,

Here. So this is the first of two public hearings as required by law on the City of Fort Lauderdale's Sunrise Key Neighborhood Improvement District millage and budget for the fiscal year 2027. The purpose of the hearing is to receive requests and comments regarding the Sunrise Key Neighborhood Improvement District's budget and to explain the budget and any amendments thereto. The public hearing is now open. The acting city manager will now present the tentative millage rate and tentative budget.

This is the time for anyone in the public to speak or ask any questions about the budget. No one has signed up to speak. Anyone wish to speak on this item? There being none. So if there's any further comment, do I hear a motion to close public hearing? Second. It's been seconded. Please call the roll.

Yes. The public hearing is now closed. So the tentative millage rate for the Sunrise Key Neighborhood Improvement District purposes will be 1.00 mil, which represents an increase of 1.62% over the rollback rate of 0.9841 mils. So someone likes to introduce the resolution adopting the tentative millage rate for the Sunrise Key Neighborhood Improvement District for fiscal year 2027. Introduce.

Yes. So that's the millage rate. Now, will someone introduce a resolution adopting the tentative budget for Sunrise Key Neighborhood Improvement District for fiscal year 2027? It's been introduced. Please call the roll.

Yes. So the public hearing to adopt the final military aid and budget will be held at 5.01 p.m. on September 14th, 2026 here at the Fort Lauderdale Police Department Headquarters Community Room, room number 1004, 1300 West Brower Boulevard here in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Now we move on to budget item number two. This is the first of two public hearings as required by law on the millage rate for the fiscal year 2027. The purpose of the hearing is to receive requests and comments regarding the city's millage rate and to explain any amendments thereto. The public hearing is now open and the act

This is the time for anyone in the public to speak or ask any questions about the tentative millage rates. I have no one who's signed up to speak. Does anyone wish to speak? There being none, someone please move to close public hearing. Moved. Second. Moved and seconded. Please call the roll.

Is this just to close the public hearing?

Yes, and public hearing is now closed. So the recommended millage rate to be levied for all general city purposes exclusive of debt service will be 4.1193, which represents a 4.53% increase in the millage rate over the rollback rate of 3.9408 mills. The aggregate tentative millage rate, including dependent districts, is 4.1228, which results in an increase of 4.52% above the aggregate rollback rate of 3.9444 mills. The recommended millage rate for debt service for the 2011A general obligations bonds is 0.0168. The recommended millage rate for debt service for the city's voter-approved public s

Yes. And that item is now approved. Moving on to Budget 3. The next item is the tentative five-year capital improvement plan. This is the time for anyone in the public to speak or ask any questions about the tentative five-year capital improvement plan. No one is assigned to speak on this item. Do I hear a motion to close public hearing? Moved. Second. Moved and seconded. Please call the roll.

Yes. Public hearing is now closed. Someone please introduce the resolution adopting the tentative five-year capital improvement plan for the period beginning October 1st, 2026 and ending September 30th, 2031. Introduce. The resolution has been introduced. Please call the roll.

Yes. So the public hearing to adopt the final five-year capital improvement plan budget will now be held at 5 p.m. 5.01 p.m. on September 14, 2026 at the Fort Lauderdale Police Department headquarters here in the community room, 1004-1300 West Broward Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Moving on to our last item, this is the first of two public hearings required by law on the City of Fort Lauderdale's budget for the fiscal year 2027. The purpose of this hearing is to receive requests and comments regarding the City's budget and to explain the budget and any amendments thereto. So, the publ

The Water and Sewer Fund budget being decreased by $7 million, is that... Is that going to impact the schedule of improvements that we have already in place for Fortify Lauderdale?

Okay, great. Thank you so much. Just for questions, right, Bonnie? Yeah, okay. All right. Okay, so this is the time, this concludes, excuse me, this is the time for anyone in the public to speak or ask any questions about the tentative budget. No one has signed up to speak, and so do I hear a motion to close public hearing? Second. We've moved and seconded. Please call the roll.

Yes. And public hearing is now closed on budget four. So the tentative all funds budget for the city of Fort Lauderdale is $1,283,327,106. And no cents. which will fund the various operations of the City of Fort Lauderdale for the fiscal period beginning October 1st, 2026 and ending September 30th, 2027. Someone please introduce a resolution adopting the tentative budget for the City of Fort Lauderdale for the fiscal year 2027. The resolution has been introduced. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll.

Yes. And that item is now approved. Mr. City Manager, is there any further business of the commission? Nothing further. Ms. City Attorney, any business? Okay. This meeting is now concluded. Thank you, everybody.