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FY 2025/2026 Budget Information

2025-2026 City of Jacksonville  Budget

 

 

 

Finance Committee Members

Raul Arias - Chair

Nick Howland - Vice Chair
Ron Salem
Rory Diamond
Joe Carlucci
Ju'Coby Pittman
Will Lahnen

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

 

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July 14, 2025
Special Council Meeting - Mayor's Budget Presentation
City Hall - St. James Bldg.
1st Floor, Council Chamber
117 W. Duval Street
Notice |Minutes |Video  

August 7, 2025
Finance Committee Budget Hearing - Meeting #1
City Hall - St. James Bldg.
1st Floor, Council Chamber
117 W. Duval Street
Notice |Minutes |Attendance |Video

August 8, 2025

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


August 14, 2025
Finance Committee Budget Hearing - Meeting #3
City Hall - St. James Bldg.
1st Floor, Council Chamber
117 W. Duval Street
Notice | Agenda | Minutes |Attendance |Video


August 15, 2025
Finance Committee Budget Hearing - Meeting #4
City Hall - St. James Bldg.
1st Floor, Council Chamber
117 W. Duval Street
Notice | Agenda  |Minutes |Attendance | Video


August 21, 2025
Finance Committee Budget Hearing - Meeting #5
City Hall - St. James Bldg.
1st Floor, Council Chamber
117 W. Duval Street
Notice | Video | Minutes |Attendance | Video


August 22, 2025
Finance Committee Budget Hearing - Meeting #6
City Hall - St. James Bldg.
1st Floor, Council Chamber
117 W. Duval Street
Notice |Agenda |Attendance | Video



 

Budget Legislation 

   2025-0500-A
07/22/2025                                  
RESO Concerning the Proposed Ad Valorem Tax Millage Rates for the 2025 Tax Year; Advising the Property Appraiser of the “Rolled Back Rate” & Proposed Millage Rates for the Gen Svcs Dist, Excepting Urban Svcs Dists 2 through 5 (The Beaches & the Town of Baldwin), for the Gen Svcs Dist, Including Only Urban Svcs Dists 2, 3, & 4 (The Beaches), & for the General Svcs Dist, Including Only Urban Services Dist 5 (The Town of Baldwin); Setting the Date, Time & Place for a Public Hearing to Consider the Proposed 2025 Millage Rates & the Tentative Consolidated Govt Budget for the 25-26 FY; Req Emergency Passage Upon Intro; Directing the Chief of the Legislative Svcs Div to Deliver a Copy of this Reso to the Property Appraiser Upon Its Adoption        
2025-0501 ORD Levying Annual Taxes for the 2025 Calendar Year on Real & Personal Property Located in the General Svcs Dist of the City of Jax, Excepting the 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th Urban Svcs Dists (The Cities of Jax Beach, Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach & the Town of Baldwin); Stating the Percentage Change from the 2025 Rolled-Back Rate; Auth Assessment & Collection; Prov for the Use of the Revenues Generated         
2025-0502 ORD Levying Calendar Year 2025 Annual Taxes on Real & Personal Property Located in the City of Jax, 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 2025 Rolled-Back Rate; Auth Assessment & Collection; Prov for the Use of the Revenues Generated        
2025-0503 ORD Levying Calendar Year 2025 Annual Taxes on Real & Personal Property Located in the City of Jax, Including Only the 5th Urban Svcs Dist, to Wit: The Town of Baldwin; Stating the Percentage Change from the 2025 Rolled-Back Rate; Auth Assessment & Collection; Prov for the Use of the Revenues Generated         
2025-0504 ORD Estab the City’s 25-26 FY Consolidated Gov’t Budget; Prov a Table of Contents; Approp Funds & Adopting Budgets for the 25-26 FY for the City; Prov for Certain City Grants to NGOs Pursuant to Ch 118, Ord Code; Estab Capital Outlays; Estab Carryovers; Prov for Federal Public Svc Grants; Prov for State & Federal 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 25-26 FY; Prov for the All Years 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 25-26 FY for JEA, the JAA, the JPA, the Police & Fire Pension Fund, the JHFA, & the Downtown Vision Business Improvement Dist        
2025-0505 ORD Adopting the FYs 26-30 Inclusive CIP, as Required by Ch 122 (Public Property), Pt 6 (Capital Improvement Plan), Ord Code; Prov for 2026 CIP Specificity Requirements; Directing Revisions & Updating of the Capital Improvements Element of the 2045 Comp 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 25-26 FY; Prov for Declaration of Intent to Reimburse; Waiving Compliance with Subsec 106.109(b) (Capital Improvement Funding), Pt 1 (General Provisions), Ch 106 (Budget & Accounting Code), Ord Code, Pertaining to Allocation of at Least 17% of the CIP Budget to Certain Types of Capital Improvement Projs within the Pre-Consolidation City Boundary; Prov for Reconciliation of Schedules, Text, Codification, & Journal Entries        
2025-0506 ORD Auth the Mayor, or Her Desig, & the Corp Sec to: (1) Execute & Deliver, for & on Behalf of the City, (A) an Agrmnt with Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc., & (B) Letters of Agrmt with the State of FL through 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 25-26, & (2) Take Such Further Action as May Be Necessary or Approp to Effectuate the Purpose of this Ord        
2025-0507 ORD Adopting the FYs 26-30 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.        
2025-0508 RESO Adopting the Annual Growth Rate as Recommended by the Administration for the Future Pension Liability Surtax Proceeds         
2025-0509 ORD re Public Svc Grants; Approp $7,200,000 from a Desig Special Council Contingency Acct for Public Svc Grants in FY 25-26; Prov for City Oversight by the Grants & Contract Compliance Div of the Dept of Finance; 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 Approve the Lump Sum Approp for Public Service Grants by Separate Legislation from the Annual Budget Ord        
2025-0510 ORD re Opioid & Substance Use Disorder Settlement Proceeds Grants; Approp $5,222,642 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 (OSUD Grants); Waiving the Conflicting Provision of Sec 84.301 (Opioid Settlement Proceeds Allocation for Opioid Settlement Proceeds Grants), Pt 3 (Opioid Settlement Proceeds Grant Awards Procedures), Ch 84 (Opioid Settlement Proceeds Grants), Ord Code, to Auth a Portion of the Funds Deposited in Early Calendar Year 2025 to Be Included in the Approp Authorized Herein for FY 25-26 OSUD Grants & to Approve the Lump Sum Approp for OSUD Grants by Separate Legislation from the Annual Budget Ord; Prov for City Oversight by the Opioid Abatement Manager within JFRD         
2025-0511 ORD Approp $50,073,032 from Various Contingency Accts Within the KHA Fund (10901) to 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; Appvl & Auth to Execute Agrmts with Named Grant Recipients; Auth the Procurement of Svcs Pursuant to Single Source Award as Determined Appropriate 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 Sec 77.111(a) (Provider Contracts)        
2025-0512 ORD re James Weldon Johnson Park; Approp $600,000 from a Gen Fund/GSD Desig Contingency Acct to Contractual Svcs in the Parks, Recreation & Community Svcs Dept for James Weldon Johnson Park Maintenance & Programming; Auth the OGC & the Council Auditor’s Office to Make All Changes Necessary to Effectuate the Council’s Action        
2025-0513 ORD Pertaining to Council Member Salaries & Postage Expenses; Approp $1,855,800 from a Gen Fund/GSD Desig Contingency Acct to Fund City Council Member Salaries & Benefits & Postage Expenses for FY 25-26; Apv Positions; Waiver of Conflicting Provisions of Sec 10.105 (Postage & Communication Expenses of Council Members), Ch 10 (Organization of the Council), Ord Code, to Allow for a Postage Allowance for Council Members; Prov for Allocation of Funding for City Council Postage Expenses         
2025-0514 ORD Approp $1,856,342 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 Program for FY 25-26; Apv the FY 25-26 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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