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Resolution R-25-0388
Legislation
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3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 18060 Final Action Date: 9/13/2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION ADOPTING A
TENTATIVE BUDGET AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS RELATING TO
OPERATIONAL AND BUDGETARY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2025, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2026;
RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN NECESSARY
ACTIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND DESIGNATED CITY OFFICIALS IN
ORDER TO UPDATE THE RELEVANT FINANCIAL CONTROLS, PROJECT
CLOSE-OUTS, ACCOUNTING ENTRIES, AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH AND FOR GRANTS IN PROGRESS; PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 200.065(2)(a)(4) and (2)(c), Florida Statutes, the
City Manager has prepared and submitted to the City Commission a proposed budget of the
expenditures and revenues of all City of Miami ("City") Departments, Offices, and Boards for
the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2025 and ending September 30, 2026 ("Fiscal Year
2025-26"); and
WHEREAS, a copy of the proposed budget has been posted on the City's website and
has been on file in the Office of the City Clerk since September 10, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-26 is
$1,233,251,000.00 and the total Budget for all non -capital funds is $1,837,585,000.00;
and
WHEREAS, the City's proposed tentative general operating ad valorem millage rate is
7.1364 mills; and
WHEREAS, the major source of revenue for the General Fund is derived from the
category identified as "Property Taxes" in the amount of $650,105,000.00; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City to authorize the City Manager to
make any necessary changes to adjust, amend, and appropriate the City's Operating
Budget, Five- Year Financial Plan, Strategic Plan, and Multi -Year Capital Plan, all for the
purposes set forth in this Resolution; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City to ratify, approve, and confirm
certain necessary actions of the City Manager and designated City Departments in order to
update the relevant financial controls, project close-outs, accounting entries, and computer
systems in connection therewith and for grants in progress; and
WHEREAS, provisions have been duly made by the City Commission for Public
Hearings on the proposed budget before the City Commission as a Committee of the Whole and
Public Hearings thereon have been held as required pursuant to Section 200.065, Florida
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Statutes;
Enactment Number: R-25-0388
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager has recommended a proposed budget, including the
Five -Year Financial Plan, for the City for Fiscal Year 2025-26.
Section 3. The proposed budget, as submitted to the Miami City Commission ("City
Commission") on September 10, 2025, is attached and incorporated herein by reference and is
to become the tentative budget for the City, as hereby adopted.
Section 4. The following appropriations are made for the municipal operations of the
General Fund for the Fiscal Year 2025-26:
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GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS
Departments, Boards and Offices:
Mayor $ 3,613,000
Commissioners 13,967,000
City Manager 4,183,000
Agenda Coordination 532,000
Independent Inspector General 2,054,000
City Attorney 15,957,000
City Clerk 2,698,000
Civil Service 722,000
Code Compliance 14,093,000
Communications 2,316,000
Economic Innovation and Development 1,301,000
Equal Opportunity and Diversity Programs 782,000
Finance 14,846,000
Grants Administration 2,368,000
Human Resources 7,317,000
Innovation and Technology 17,570,000
Management and Budget 4,694,000
Procurement 4,011,000
Resilience and Sustainability 1,434,000
Human Services 8,720,000
Building 50,196,000
Planning 8,283,000
Zoning 6,928,000
Housing and Community Development 2,938,000
Capital Improvements 2,744,000
General Services Administration 41,801,000
Resilience and Public Works 45,370,000
Solid Waste 54,510,000
Fire -Rescue 268,885,000
Police 415,709,000
Real Estate and Asset Management 23,102,000
Parks and Recreation 66,144,000
Risk Management 5,939,000
Non -Departmental Accounts (NDA) 54,239,000
Transfers - Out 63,285,000
Total $ 1,233,251,000
Reserves Based on Financial Integrity Principles:
(Included in General Fund — NDA)
Contingency Reserves
Undesignated Reserves
$ 5,000,000
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TOTAL RESERVES
$ 5,000,000
Section 5. The above appropriations for the municipal operations of the General Fund are
made based on the following sources of revenues for Fiscal Year 2025-26:
GENERAL FUND REVENUES
Property Taxes $ 650,105,000
Franchise Fees and Other Taxes 145,857,000
Interest 22, 338, 000
Transfers -In 17,222,000
Fines and Forfeitures 6,429,000
Intergovernmental Revenues 110,753,000
Licenses and Permits 104,457,000
Other Revenues (Inflows) 22,003,000
Charges for Services 154,087,000
TOTAL GENERAL FUND $ 1,233,251,000
Section 6. The following appropriations are made for the municipal operations of Debt
Service Funds for Fiscal Year 2025-26:
DEBT SERVICE FUNDS APPROPRIATONS
General Obligation Bonds $ 32,912,000
Special Obligation Bonds 58,917,000
TOTAL DEBT SERVICE FUNDS $ 91,829,000
Section 7. The above appropriations for the municipal operations of Debt Service Funds
are made based on the following sources of revenues for Fiscal Year 2025-26:
DEBT SERVICE FUNDS REVENUES
Property Taxes $ 24,987,000
Transfers -In and Other Revenues 66,842,000
TOTAL DEBT SERVICE FUNDS $ 91,829,000
Section 8. The following appropriations are made for the municipal operations of Special
Revenue Funds for Fiscal Year 2025-26:
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SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
General Special Revenues
Public Benefits Trust Fund
Planning Services
Planning and Zoning Tree Trust Fund
Public Art Fund
Historic Preservation Trust Fund
Public Benefits Trust Fund NRD-2
Fire Rescue Services
UASI-Fire Rescue
Parks and Recreation Services
Police Services
Law Enforcement Trust Fund
Public Works Services
Solid Waste Recycling Trust
City Clerk Services
Community and Economic Development
Homeless Program
Human Services
Bayfront/Riverfront Land Acquisition Rouse Trust
Miami Ballpark Parking Facilities
Departmental Improvement Initiatives
Transportation and Transit
Emergency Funds
American Rescue Plan Act
TOTAL SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
APPROPRIATIONS
$ 1,176, 000
24, 968, 000
18, 329, 000
2,735,000
1,857,000
1,772,000
1,790,000
6,841,000
49,148, 000
11, 316, 000
8,804,000
1,381,000
11,641, 000
120,000
2,101, 000
93, 938, 000
3,407, 000
175,000
2,367,000
18, 850, 000
76, 580, 000
31, 918, 000
100,000
13,421, 000
$ 384,735,000
Section 9. The above appropriations for the municipal operations of Special Revenue
Funds are made based on the following sources of revenues for Fiscal Year 2025-26:
SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
All Sources
TOTAL SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
$
$
REVENUES
384, 735, 000
384, 735, 000
Section 10. The following appropriations are made for the municipal operations of Internal
Service Funds for Fiscal Year 2025-26:
INTERNAL SERVICE FUND
Life and Health Insurance
Workers' Compensation
Others
TOTAL INTERNAL SERVICE FUND
APPROPRIATIONS
57, 608, 000
21, 872, 000
48, 290, 000
$
127, 770, 000
Section 11. The above appropriations for the municipal operations of Internal Service
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Funds are made based on the following sources of revenues for Fiscal Year 2025-26:
INTERNAL SERVICE FUND
All Sources
TOTAL INTERNAL SERVICE FUND
REVENUES
$ 127,770,000
$ 127,770,000
Section 12. This Resolution is a resolution of precedent and all other resolutions in
conflict with it are held null and void insofar as they pertain to these appropriations; however, no
provision contained in this Resolution shall be construed to violate the Anti -Deficiency Act, as set
forth in Sections 18-500 through Sections 18-503 of the City Code. The appropriations are the
anticipated expenditure requirements for the City, but are not mandatory should efficient
administration of City Departments and Boards or altered economic conditions indicate that a
curtailment in certain expenditures is necessary or desirable for the general welfare of the City.
The City Manager is specifically authorized1 to create awards and to transfer funds between
accounts and awards, and to withhold any of these appropriated funds from encumbrance or
expenditure should such action appear advantageous to the economic and efficient operation of
the City. The City Manager is also authorized to transfer any excess unrestricted moneys from
other funds to the General Fund provided that those are appropriated moneys which are no
longer needed to implement the original purpose of the appropriation, which are legally available
at the time of such transfer, and whose expenditure is not limited to use for any other specified
purpose.
Section 13. The City Manager is authorized1 to make any necessary changes to adjust,
amend and appropriate the City Operating Budget, Five Year Financial Plan, Strategic Plan, and
the Multi -Year Capital Plan, with transfers in and/or out, as necessary and applicable, of legally
available funds, and to designate projects, services, components, values, amounts, and uses, as
necessary and applicable, for purposes set forth in this Resolution.
Section 14. All departments and the number of employees designated therein provided
for in this budget either by position summary or by the organizational chart are deemed approved
by the City Commission. Any permanent change regarding same shall require City Commission
approval.
Section 15. The City Manager is authorized' to administer the executive pay plan and
benefit package, to disburse the funds appropriated herein for said purpose in a manner he or
she deems appropriate. The City Manager is also authorized1 to administer and disburse the City
Commission benefit package. With the exception of those positions in which the salary is
established by City Commission action, the City Manager is further authorized' to establish the
salaries of those employees in executive and staff positions in accordance with the executive and
staff pay plan. These employees may receive any salary increases given in Section 16.
Section 16. The City Manager is authorized' to disburse any funds that may be
designated by the City Commission as cost -of -living or other pay adjustments to Civil Service,
executive and staff employees as may be approved by the City Manager.
1 The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be
imposed, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
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Section 17. Nothing contained in this Resolution shall be construed as to prohibit or
prevent the City Manager, the administrative head of the City, who is responsible for the efficient
administration of all Departments, from exercising the power granted to and imposed upon him or
her in the Charter of the City of Miami ("Charter") to fix, adjust, raise, or lower salaries, and to
create, abolish, fill, or hold vacant, temporary or permanent positions whenever it has been
determined by the City Manager to be in the best interest of efficient and economical
administration of the City and all its Departments. The authority contained in this Section shall
also be applicable whenever the City Manager shall cause a Department to reorganize itself to
perform its services more efficiently; such reorganization may include reduction of budgeted
positions, reclassification of positions, and alteration of the number of budgeted positions in any
given classification.2
Section 18. The transfer of funds between the detailed accounts comprising any separate
amount appropriated by the above sections hereof is approved and authorized' when such
transfer shall have been made at the request of the City Manager and when such transfer shall
have been made of any part of an unencumbered balance of an appropriation to or for a purpose
or object for which the appropriation for the herein fiscal year has proved insufficient.
Section 19. The transfer of funds between the detailed accounts comprising any separate
amount appropriated by the above sections hereof is approved and authorized' when such
transfer of funds is made at the request of the City Manager and when such transfer is to be
made between the detailed accounts appropriated to the same office, department, or division.
Section 20. To effect salary adjustments, the City Manager is further authorized' to make
departmental and other transfers from any reserve accounts established in the General Fund,
and is authorized1 to approve transfers for any unforeseen requirements of all appropriated funds
as may be required so long as such transfer is consistent with the provisions contained in
Chapter 18, Article IX of the City Code.
Section 21 To facilitate effective budgetary control and sound fiscal management, the
City Manager is further authorized' to transfer funds from departmental budget reserve accounts
to the Emergency Account of Non -Departmental Accounts to other Funds, and to departmental
budget reserve accounts from the Emergency Account of Non -Departmental Accounts to other
Funds.
Section 22. The Emergency Account is declared to be appropriated to meet emergency
expenses and is subject to expenditure by the City Manager for any emergency purpose.
Section 23. Except as herein provided, transfers between items appropriated shall be
authorized by resolution amendatory hereto, except that transfers from the Non -Departmental
Accounts may be made by resolution.
Section 24. The City Manager is authorized' to invite or advertise for bids for the
2 The provisions of this section 17 are subject to the limitations and requirements set forth in City
Commission Resolution No. R-22-0230.
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purchase of any material, equipment, physical improvement, or service provided by the
aforementioned appropriations or which may be provided for in accordance with the authority of
Chapter 18 of the City Code, for which formal bidding is required, such bids to be returnable to
the City Commission or City Manager in accordance with Charter or City Code provisions.
Section 25. Further, expenditure of the herein appropriated funds is authorized' in the
procurement of goods and services by award or contract for the same by the City Commission
following the use, if applicable, of competitive negotiations unless the award of such contract by
the City Manager is expressly allowed under City Code provisions.
Section 26. Certain necessary actions by the City Manager and the designated City
Departments in order to update the relevant financial controls, project close-outs, accounting
entries, and computer systems in connection therewith and for grants in progress, are hereby
ratified, approved, and confirmed.
Section 27. The City Manager is authorized' to negotiate and execute any and all
agreements necessary, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, in order to accomplish any of
the appropriations and allocations stated herein
Section 28. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.3
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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ng IIG, C y ttor -y 9/29/2025
If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days
from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective
immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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