City Council - public_hearing

budget madam clerk roll call council member holding here council member horn here council member jansen here council member sutton here council member wagner council member wilders here mayor hoffman here okay we will begin uh do we have an update from staff go ahead miss gossett

Thank you, Ms. Gossett. Mr. Wilders, you'll have the opportunity to ask questions in a couple minutes if you want to go back to a specific slide. The first, let's see, now we'll begin the public hearing. The first item to be discussed is the millage rate. The budget for the city of Jacksonville Beach was prepared using a millage rate of 3.9947 mils. The rollback rate is 3.7679 mils. The proposed millage rate of 3.9947 mils is 6.02% more than the rollback rate. The second item to be discussed is the operating budget. The operating budget for fiscal year 2026 to 2027 is $253,077,483. The public

OK. Mr. Jones, come on up. Give us your name and address, and you'll have three minutes to address the council regarding right now we're only talking about the budget and the military.

Thank you, Mr. Jones. Would anyone else like to speak up in favor or in opposition to the millage rate or the proposed operating budget? Seeing none, we'll close the public hearing. Can I have a motion on the first item?

Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Ms. Golding?

Okay. Thank you. Any other questions from council? Mr. Rogers, did you want to? raise your question from earlier?

Any other questions or comments from council? I spoke at the last hearing in appreciation of city staff and council and everyone's active participation in this process. For anyone who thinks this might be kind of a quick budget hearing, it's because we had four or five presentations from each of our departments on their budget. We had a budget showcase meeting, and this is our second hearing. to adopt the budget. So, and that's just our part of it, which does not include the months of work by our, each of our departments and our finance staff. So thank you very much for all of that. And just l

Yes. Motion carries. Can I have a motion to adjourn? Second. All in favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed? Meeting is adjourned. We will resume.