Broward County residents will see a slight break on their property tax payments in Fiscal Yr 2026, after commissioners accredited a $1.7 billion property tax finances that lowers the county’s millage charge to five.6658 mills.
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The county’s general finances for the yr, which incorporates non-property tax-supported businesses such because the airport, seaport, and utilities, totals $8.8 billion.
Crafting the finances proved difficult, officers mentioned, as a result of lack of $80 million in funding to the newly elected Tax Collector’s Workplace and the necessity to cowl prices for all county-wide constitutional workplaces. To offset the shortfall, commissioners lower 159 funded positions and trimmed practically $20 million in recurring working prices from Common Fund businesses.
Even with reductions, public security obtained the biggest working appropriation in county historical past. The finances allocates $24.2 million extra for the Broward Sheriff’s Workplace regional operations and 911 companies — a 3% enhance — which incorporates the second yr of an $8 million wage adjustment for detention deputies.
The fee additionally bolstered reserves, setting apart further funds for emergency preparedness, shelters, and money circulate wants. County officers highlighted Broward’s continued fiscal power, noting it has paid off all Common Obligation debt and retains a coveted “AAA” credit standing from all three main credit standing businesses, a distinction held by fewer than 2% of U.S. counties.
For residents, the modest tax discount means more cash of their pockets at a time of rising prices. Commissioners mentioned the FY26 finances maintains funding for important companies like transportation, parks, libraries, environmental safety, and senior and veterans’ packages whereas getting ready for future wants.
With Broward’s giant Caribbean-American inhabitants — a lot of whom depend on public companies, small enterprise alternatives, and cultural packages — county leaders harassed that the finances is designed to steadiness fiscal duty with group funding.
