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City budget · FY2026 (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)

Roads and public safety lead the General Fund plan.

$1,722planned per resident

Per-resident figures round to the nearest whole dollar. Dollar totals retain their current precision.

The $36.5M General Fund pays for most everyday city services and transfers money to the two redevelopment districts. Roads includes one $9M grant project.

Posted FY2026 plan · final version unconfirmed

Source: City of Minneola: posted FY2026 budget tables, p. 1

Source: Florida Estimates of Population 2025 (April 1, 2025), p. 14

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General Fund · FY2026 plan · per resident

  1. Roads & public works$605
  2. Public safety$471
  3. Payments to the CRA’s two area fundsRedevelopment districts · a transfer$315
  4. Growth & development$131
  5. City administration$121
  6. Parks, recreation & library$80

Source: City of Minneola: posted FY2026 budget tables, p. 2

About this data

Source: City of Minneola: posted FY2026 budget tables, p. 10

Source: City of Minneola: posted FY2026 budget tables, p. 29

Source: Florida Estimates of Population 2025 (April 1, 2025), p. 14

Per-resident figures divide planned amounts by 21,201 residents, the April 1, 2025 BEBR estimate. This is a scale illustration, not a resident’s tax bill.

Categories are our grouping of the city’s 18 General Fund departments. CRA payments are separated from Executive spending. The department rows total $36,516,935; the printed General Fund total is $36,516,934. The $1 source difference is preserved. Rounded categories sum to $1,723; rounding the printed total per resident gives $1,722. The different rounded results do not change the source figures.

The hatched bar is General Fund financing of the CRA’s two areas. Their final project spending and utilities are separate; they are not added to these categories. Follow the fund flows and CRA uses.

General Fund category inputs and rounded per-resident figures
CategoryPlanned amountPer resident
Roads & public works$12,823,635$605
Public safety$9,986,746$471
Payments to the CRA’s two area funds$6,680,815$315
Growth & development$2,783,853$131
City administration$2,555,043$121
Parks, recreation & library$1,686,843$80

FY2026: October 2025–September 2026 · Evidence reviewed October 5, 2026 · Source version & limitations

One-time projects & transfers

The headline includes more than routine operations.

A $9M road grant project and $6.68M in payments to the CRA’s two area funds are included in the General Fund plan.

Removing those two items gives a $20.8M day-to-day estimate (our calculation).

All five funds’ printed spending totals $69.5M, including the CRA payments counted twice. See the fund adjustment and separate final uses.

Day-to-day estimate: source inputs (4)
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Where does it come from?

Taxes, fees and one-time sources.

Revenue includes grants and financing sources as well as recurring taxes and fees. Transfers move money; they are not new service spending.

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What changed?

Separate results from plans.

The history combines FY2022–2024 audited columns, a FY2025 estimate and a FY2026 plan. See their labels and source differences before comparing years.

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Parks investment

Annual operations, historical capital and forward allocations, kept separate.

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City funds & redevelopment areas

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Utilities & debt

Customer-funded services, annual loan payments and the questions still unanswered.

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About this data

Posted tables have a draft footer dated August 10, 2025; acquired and reviewed October 5, 2026. The footer date is not a verified publication or adoption date.

The posted FY2026 tables retain a draft footer. Their match to the final adopted tables remains unverified. FY2027 final tables are not obtained here.

  • The city posts this file under its FY2026 budget listing, but its footer retains “Draft – 08-10-25 updated – Council.” September 16, 2025 minutes document final adoption; the exact posted-table match to the final resolution remains unverified.
  • FY2027 final adopted tables are not obtained in the current review. These FY2026 figures are not presented as the current fiscal year’s budget.
  • Budgeted amounts are authorizations/plans, not payments. No claim of a parks shortfall, excessive debt or best-practice percentage is established.
  • General Fund Executive expenses include $2,646,651 of Downtown CRA payments and $4,034,164 of Mountain Properties CRA payments; adding fund totals can double count flows.
  • The individually displayed General Fund department rows sum to $36,516,935, $1 above the printed $36,516,934 total; the source total is preserved without a balancing adjustment.
  • Category groupings and per-resident amounts are calculations from the printed inputs. The fund adjustment removes identified General Fund CRA payments; it is not a fully reconciled consolidated spending total.
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