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2026/2027 Budget Information

2026-2027 City of Jacksonville Budget

Finance Committee Members

Will Lahnen - Chair

Chris Miller - Vice Chair
Rory Diamond
Terrance Freeman
Mike Gay
Rahman Johnson
Randy White

Finance Committee Staff

Barbara Ireland Hobson, Legislative Assistant II

Legislative Services Division
117 W. Duval St., Suite 430
Jacksonville, FL 32202

Phone: (904) 255-5122

Budget Documents

2025-504 Tentatively Approved (Bill, Schedules, Attachments & Exhibits)

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July 20, 2026
Special Council Meeting - Mayor's Budget Presentation
City Hall - St. James Bldg.
1st Floor, Council Chamber
117 W. Duval Street
Notice |Minutes |Video

August 13, 2026
Finance Committee Budget Hearing - Meeting #1
City Hall - St. James Bldg.
1st Floor, Council Chamber
117 W. Duval Street
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August 14, 2026

Finance Committee Budget Hearing - Meeting #2
City Hall - St. James Bldg.
1st Floor, Council Chamber
117 W. Duval Street
Notice|

August 20, 2026
Finance Committee Budget Hearing - Meeting #3
City Hall - St. James Bldg.
1st Floor, Council Chamber
117 W. Duval Street
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August 21, 2026
Finance Committee Budget Hearing - Meeting #4
City Hall - St. James Bldg.
1st Floor, Council Chamber
117 W. Duval Street
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August 26, 2026
Finance Committee Budget Hearing - Meeting #5
City Hall - St. James Bldg.
1st Floor, Council Chamber
117 W. Duval Street
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August 27, 2026
Finance Committee Budget Hearing - Meeting #6
City Hall - St. James Bldg.
1st Floor, Council Chamber
117 W. Duval Street
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Budget Legislation

Number

Description

2026-0500
07/22/2025

RESO Concerning the Proposed Ad Valorem Tax Millage Rates for the 2026 Tax Yr; Advising the Property Appraiser of the “Rolled-Back Rate” & Proposed Millage Rates for the Gen Svcs Dist, Excepting Urban Svcs Dists 2 Thru 5 (the Beaches & the Town of Baldwin), for the Gen Svcs Dist, Including Only Urban Svcs Dists 2, 3, & 4 (the Beaches), & for the Gen Svcs Dist, Including Only Urban Svcs Dist 5 (the Town of Baldwin); Setting the Date, Time & Place for a Public Hearing to Consider the Proposed 2026 Millage Rates & the Tentative Consolidated Govt Budget for the 26-27 FY; Req Emerg Passage Upon Intro; Directing the Chief of the LSD to Deliver a Copy of This Reso to the Property Appraiser Upon Its Adoption

2026-0501

ORD Levying Annual Taxes for the 2026 Calendar Yr on Real & Personal Property Located in the Gen Svcs Dist of the City, Not Including the 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th Urban Svcs Dists (the Cities of Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach & the Town of Baldwin); Stating the Percentage Change from the 2026 Rolled-Back Rate; Auth Assessment & Collection; Prov for the Use of the Revenues Generated

2026-0502

ORD Levying Calendar Yr 2026 Annual Taxes on Real & Personal Property Located in the City, Including Only the 2nd, 3rd & 4th Urban Svcs Dists, to Wit: The Cities of Atlantic Beach, Jax Beach & Neptune Beach; Stating the Percentage Change from the 2026 Rolled-Back Rate; Auth Assessment & Collection; Prov for the Use of the Revenues Generated

2026-0503

ORD Levying Calendar Yr 2026 Annual Taxes on Real & Personal Property Located in the City, Including Only the 5th Urban Svcs Dist, to Wit: The Town of Baldwin; Stating the Percentage Change from the 2026 Rolled-Back Rate; Auth Assessment & Collection; Prov for the Use of the Revenues Generated

2026-0504

ORD Estab the City’s 26-27 FY Consolidated Govt Budget; Prov a Table of Contents; Approp Funds & Adopting Budgets for the 26-27 FY for the City; Prov for Certain City Grants to Non-Governmental Orgs Pursuant to Ch 118, Ord Code; Estab Capital Outlays; Estab Carryovers; Prov for Federal PSG; Prov for State, Federal & Other Grant Progs; Prov for Gen Fund/GSD Funding for Salaries & Benefits; Estab the Employee Cap; Prov Position Allocations & Temporary Hours; Estab the CIP Budget for the 26-27 FY; Prov for the All Yrs Budget City Debt Mgmt Fund; Prov the Septic Tank Failure Schedule Pursuant to Ch 751 (Wastewater System Improvement Program), Ord Code; Estab the IT System Dev Prog Budget; Prov for Declaration of Intent to Reimburse; Prov Gen Execution Authority; Approp Funds & Adopting Budgets for the 26-27 FY for the JAA, the JPA, the PFPF, the JHFA, & the Downtown Business Improvement Dist; Prov for Appvl of Non-Ad Valorem Assessment Roll as the Annual Rate Ord for the Downtown Business

2026-0505

ORD Adopting the FYs 27-31 Inclusive CIP, as Required by Ch 122 (Public Property), Pt 6 (Capital Improvement Plan), Ord Code; Prov for 2027 CIP Specificity Requirements; Directing Revisions & Updating of the Capital Improvements Element of the 2045 Comprehensive Plan, as Required by Sec 163.3177, F.S.; Waiving Applicable Provisions of Sec 122.602 (Definitions), Pt 6 (Capital Improvement Plan), Ch 122 (Public Property), Ord Code; to Allow Roadway Resurfacing to Be Included in the List of Capital Improvement Projs for the 26-27 FY; Prov for Declaration of Intent to Reimburse; Prov for Reconciliation of Schedules, Text, Codification, & Journal Entries

2026-0506

ORD Auth the Mayor, or His Desig, & the Corp Sec to: (1) Execute & Deliver, for & on Behalf of the City, (a) an Agrmt with Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc., & (b) Letters of Agrmt with the State of FL Thru Its Agency for Health Care Admin, Both Concerning Payment & Distribution of the City’s Indigent Health Care Funds in the Amt of $56,000,000 for FY 26-27, & (2) Take Such Further Action as May Be Necessary or Approp to Effectuate the Purpose of This Ord

2026-0507

ORD Adopting the FYs 27-31 Inclusive IT System Dev Prog, Pursuant to Sec 106.207, Ord Code; Prov for Declaration of Intent to Reimburse; Prov for Reconciliation of Schedules, Text, Codification, Journal Entries, etc.

2026-0508

RESO Adopting the Annual Growth Rate as Recommended by the Admin for the Future Pension Liability Surtax Proceeds

2026-0509

ORD re PSG; Approp $7,200,000 from Desig Special Council Contingency Accts for PSG in FY 26-27 to Prov $6,984,000 to Be Allocated to the Acute, Prevention & Diversion, & Self-Sufficiency & Stability Categories of Most Vulnerable Persons & Needs as Provd Herein & $216,000 to the Micro-Grants Category of Most Vulnerable Persons & Needs; Requiring City Council Appvl of the Process for Determination of Eligibility & Review, Evaluation, & Scoring of PSG Micro-Grant Applications Prior to Distribution; Apv & Auth Execution of Micro-Grant Agrmts; Prov for City Oversight by the Grants & Contract Compliance Div of the Finance Dept; Waiving the Conflicting Provision of Sec 118.802 (Annual Lump Sum Appropriation for Public Service Grants), Pt 8 (Public Service Grants), Ch 118 (City Grants), Ord Code, to Apv the Lump Sum Approp for PSG by Separate Legislation from the Annual Budget Ord

2026-0510
Enacted
09/23/2025

ORD re Opioid & Substance Use Disorder Settlement Proceeds Grants; Approp $5,279,951 from the Opioid Settlement Fund Contingency Acct to the Opioid Settlement Fund - Subsidies & Contributions to Private Orgs Acct to Fund Opioid & Substance Use Disorder Settlement Proceeds Grants; Prov for City Oversight by the Opioid Abatement Manager within the JFRD

2026-0511
Enacted
09/23/2025

ORD Approp $50,323,032 from Various Contingency Accts within the KHA Fund (10901) to Estab the FY 26-27 Budget for the KHA; Prov for the KHA Comprehensive Budget Transfer Powers; Apv & Auth Execution of Agrmts by the Mayor, or Her Desig, & the Corp Sec with Named Grant Recipients; Auth the Procurement of Svcs Pursuant to Single Source Award as Determined Approp in Coordination with the Chief of Procurement Pursuant to Sec 126.306 (Procurement Methods & Selection), Subpt C (Procurement Methods & Procedures), Pt 3 (Procurement Thresholds, Modes, Methods & Procedures), Ch 126 (Procurement Code), Ord Code; Auth the Procurement of Svcs Pursuant to the Competitive Solicitation Exemptions Listed in Sec 126.108 (Exemptions From Competitive Solicitation), Subpt A (General Regulations), Pt 1 (General Regulations; Ethics & Transparency in Public Contracting), Ch 126 (Procurement Code), Ord Code; Waiving Subsec 77.111(a) (Provider Contracts), Ch 77 (Kids Hope Alliance), Ord Code; Waiving Sec 77.11

2026-0512

ORD Adopting the FY 26-27 Budget for JEA; Auth the OGC & the Council Auditor’s Office to Make All Changes Necessary to Effectuate the Council’s Action

2026-0513

ORD Pertaining to CM Salaries; Approp $1,999,721 from a Gen Fund/GSD Desig Contingency Acct to Fund City CM Salaries & Benefits for FY 26-27; Apv Positions

2026-0514

ORD Approp $1,897,704 from the Special Council Contingency - Contributions to JTA Acct to the Contributions to Component Units - Contributions to JTA Acct to Fund the City’s Contribution to the JTA for the Paratransit Prog for FY 26-27; Apv the FY 26-27 Budget for the JTA; Auth the OGC & the Council Auditor’s Office to Make All Changes Necessary to Effectuate the Council’s Action

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