Miami-Dade County commissioners authorized an almost $13 billion finances early Friday morning after a gathering that started Thursday night and stretched till about 4 a.m., capping a finances season marked by weeks of public engagement and debate.
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The finances for fiscal yr 2025–26 retains property tax charges flat however consists of modest will increase in trash charges and water charges, whereas sparing county bus riders any new transit fares. Commissioners additionally restored some funding for community-based applications after residents and charity teams voiced issues about proposed cuts.
Mayor Daniella Levine Cava hailed the end result as a balanced plan that protects important providers and displays resident priorities. “I need to thank my colleagues on the Board of County Commissioners for his or her partnership in passing a fiscally accountable, balanced finances that safeguards important providers and invests in the way forward for Miami-Dade,” she stated in an announcement Friday. “This yr we confronted unprecedented fiscal challenges, but we labored collectively to search out options and protect funding for applications our residents depend upon—like public security, parks, and transit—and spend money on necessary group priorities, all with out elevating taxes.”
Levine Cava famous that the county hosted an unprecedented 20 public finances city halls to solicit enter and credited these classes, together with funds returned to the county by constitutional places of work, for serving to shield cultural programming, senior providers, parks, and “essential group applications that present a lifeline for households.”
“Our finances displays our shared priorities and values whereas we proceed to construct an much more environment friendly, efficient County authorities that properly spends every taxpayer greenback and ensures Miami-Dade stays resilient and ready for the longer term,” she stated. “I’m pleased with the work we completed collectively and assured that this finances will assist construct a stronger Miami-Dade for all.”
The brand new finances takes impact October 1, funding public security, transit, parks, and different important providers for the yr forward.
