CITY COMMISSION - SPECIAL MEETING on 2025-09-03 5:01 PM - First Budget Hearing and CRA Meeting - Sep 03, 2025
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Fort Lauderdale City Commission
31 min
3 speakers
8 agenda items
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What is the purpose of the Sunrise Key Neighborhood Improvement District budget hearing?
Okay folks, so we're gonna resume our meeting. Um The uh conference meeting will be suspended until this evening when we'll take up the balance of the items on the conference meeting, which will include the commissioner's report, the mayor's report and the city manager's report. Right now, um This is I am now convening the budget hearing. Uh this is the first of two public hearings as required by law in the city of Fort Lauderdale, Sunrise Key neighborhood improvement district millage and budget for fiscal year twenty twenty six. purpose of the hearing is to receive requests and comments regarding the Sunrise Key Neighborhood Improvement District budget. To explain the budget and any amendments thereto.
The public hearing is now open. The city manager will now present the proposed Millagerate and Tentative Budget. The City Manager.
The Sunrise Key Neighborhood Improvement District taxes the residents of this special district to provide security to their neighbourhood. At its May sixth, twenty twenty five meeting, the district voted its millage rate at one point zero zero zero zero mil Which will generate an estimated tax collection of two hundred and twenty three thousand one hundred and sixty eight dollars to support an operating budget of two hundred and twenty three thousand one hundred and sixty eight dollars. This millage rate is nine point one five percent more than the rollback rate. of zero point nine one six two mils
How is the proposed millage rate for Sunrise Key Neighborhood Improvement District calculated and justified?
and is necessary to maintain services for the Sunrise Key neighborhood improvement district. This concludes my report on the Sunrise Key neighborhood improvement district.
Thank you. This is a time for anyone in the public to speak or ask any questions about the budget. No one is signed up to speak. Um So do I hear a motion to close public hearing on budget one?
Moved.
Second. Moved and seconded. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll.
Mayor and just for official I'm just gonna do the roll call real quick for this meeting. Uh Vice Mayor Herbst is not present. Uh Commissioner Glassman? Here. Commissioner Beasley Pittman. Here. Commissioner Sorensen. Here.
What were the key decisions made when the public hearing on the Sunrise Key budget was closed?
Mayor Trentals.
Here.
Right.
And for the closure of the public hearing, Vice Mayor Herbst, not present. Commissioner Glossman.
Yes.
Commissioner Beasley Pittman? Yes. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Mayor Trentals.
Yes, and public hearing is now closed. So the tentative millage rate for the Sunrise Key Neighborhood Improvement District uh purposes will be uh one point zero zero zero zero mil, which represents an increase of nine point one five percent over the rollback rate of point nine one six two MILs. So there's going to be two votes tonight. One's going to be on the tentative millage rate and one's going to be on the budget. So right now we'll just uh I would like someone to introduce a resolution adopting the tentative millage rate for the Sunrise Key neighborhood improvement district for the fiscal year twenty twenty six.
Introduce.
Resolution's now been introduced. No one has signed it. Okay. Uh please call the role.
Okay.
Please call the role. You signed up to speak on number two, not number one. Nothing. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Mr. Clerk, please call it the
question. A resolution of the City Commission of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, adopting a tentative millage rate of one point zero zero zero zero mil to be levied by the city of Fort Lauderdale for the Sunrise Key Neighborhood Improvement District for the fiscal year beginning October one, twenty twenty five and ending September thirtieth, twenty twenty six. Vice Mayor Herbst, not present. Commissioner Glassman. Yes. Commissioner Beasley Pittman? Yes. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Mayor Trentals.
Yes.
How does the City’s tentative millage rate and overall budget for FY 2026 differ from the rollback rate?
And that item is now approved. The vote number two is now for the budget. Um will someone please introduce a resolution adopting adopt adopting the tentative budget for the Sunrise Key Neighborhood Improvement District for fiscal year twenty twenty six?
Introduced.
The item's been introduced. Um Mr. Clerk, please call the roll.
A resolution of the City Commission of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, adopting and approving a tentative budget of the Sunrise Key Neighborhood Improvement District for fiscal year October one, twenty twenty five and ending September thirtieth, twenty twenty six.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What is the purpose of the Sunrise Key Neighborhood Improvement District budget hearing?
0:02–1:27
2
How is the proposed millage rate for Sunrise Key Neighborhood Improvement District calculated and justified?
1:27–2:07
3
What were the key decisions made when the public hearing on the Sunrise Key budget was closed?
2:07–3:44
4
How does the City’s tentative millage rate and overall budget for FY 2026 differ from the rollback rate?
3:44–6:15
5
What are the major revenue and expenditure adjustments in the FY 2026 tentative city budget?
6:15–8:33
6
How is the Safe Parking Pilot program being funded and coordinated between the City and Broward County?
8:33–12:33
7
What is the process for adopting the final five‑year Community Investment Plan and its budget?
12:33–17:55
8
When and where will the final public hearings for the Sunrise Key budget and the City’s FY 2026 budget be held?
17:55–31:24
Speakers
3 identifiedOfficials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.
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