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Ordinance 14398
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 18059 Final Action Date: 9/25/2025
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
RELATED TO TAXATION, DEFINING AND DESIGNATING THE TERRITORIAL
LIMITS FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"); LEVYING AN AD VALOREM TAX
ON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY AT A TOTAL FINAL
RATE OF 7.3616 MILLS ON THE DOLLAR OF THE TAXABLE VALUE OF
SUCH PROPERTY, FOR THE PURPOSES OF FUNDING THE GENERAL
OPERATING BUDGET AND PAYMENT OF DEBT SERVICE, FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2025, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2026;
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, for the purpose of this Ordinance, the City of Miami ("City") is defined as all
of the territory and inhabitants within the area defined in Section 2 of the Charter of the City,
entitled "Corporate Limits," and more specifically described in Exhibit "A" of the Charter, on file
in the Office of the City Clerk; and
WHEREAS, Section 200.065, Florida Statutes, sets forth the method of fixing a millage
rate; and
WHEREAS, on July 1, 2025, the Miami -Dade County Property Appraiser ("PA"),
pursuant to Section 200.065(1), Florida Statutes, certified to the City the preliminary taxable
value within its territorial limits, set at $103,705,947,947; and
WHEREAS, the City prepared a tentative budget for the fiscal year ("Fiscal Year")
beginning October 1, 2025, and ending September 30, 2026, and computed a total proposed
millage rate of 7.3900 which is necessary to fund the tentative budget other than the portion of
the budget to be funded from sources other than ad valorem taxes; and
WHEREAS, the Miami City Commission enacted Resolution R-25-0304, wherein it
directed the City Manager to submit to the PA and Miami -Dade County Tax Collector the total
proposed millage rate of 7.3900 mills, together with the required information set forth in Section
200.65(2)(b), Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, at the First Budget Hearing held on September 13, 2025, by a unanimous
affirmative vote, the City Commission reduced the tentative millage rate from 7.3900 to 7.3616;
and
WHEREAS, Section 200.065(5)(a)(1), Florida Statutes, requires that the now final
millage rate of 7.3616 mills would further require, at the time of the Second Budget Hearing, a
two-thirds (2/3rd) vote, or four -fifths (4/5ths) vote of the members of the City Commission, on
the final determination to adopt such millage rate; and
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WHEREAS, Section 200.065(2)(c), Florida Statutes, requires the City Commission to
hold a public hearing on the final budget and the final millage rate and such public hearing has
occurred earlier today in this meeting;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are
adopted by reference and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. There shall be levied an ad valorem tax on all real and personal property in
the City at a total final rate of 7.3616 mills on the dollar of the taxable value of such property for
the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2025, and ending September 30, 2026, computed as
follows for the purpose of:
• 7.1080 mills to fund the General Operating Budget.
• 0.2536 mills to provide for the payment of maturing principal and interest, and charges
and requirements related thereto, of voter approved indebtedness.
Section 3. The final millage rate herein adopted for the purpose of funding the General
Operating Budget is 7.67% greater than the rolled -back rate of 6.6015 mills.
Section 4. If any section, part of a section, paragraph, clause, phrase or word of this
Ordinance is declared invalid, the remaining provisions of the Ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall be effective as of October 1, 2025, after final reading
and adoption thereof.'
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ge Wy j ng III, C y ttor
9/5/2025 a ge Wy j ng III, C y for -y 9/16/2025
ge Wy ng III, C y ttor -y 9/26/2025
1 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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