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FILE ID: 16-01216
Date: 9/9/2016 Requesting Department: Management and Budget
Commission Meeting Date: 9/20/2016 District Impacted: Various Law Department
Type: Z Resolution ❑ Ordinance ❑ Emergency Ordinance ❑ Discussion Item Matter ID No.
❑ Other
Subject: Establishing the FY 2016-17 Millape Rates
Purpose of Item:
To establish millage rate for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017 (FY 2016-17) at:
General Operating 7.6465
Debt Service 0.6435
Total Millage Rate 8.2900
Passed on First Reading at the September 6, 2016 Budget Hearing.
Background Information:
See attached.
Budget Impact Analysis
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o:NO Is this item funded by Homeland Defense/Neighborhood Improvement Bonds?
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Background Information
The City of Miami FY 2016-17 Proposed Operating Budget, as presented on July 7, 2016,
contains the following recommended millage rate:
General Operating 7.6465
Debt Service 0.6435
Total Millage Rate 8.2900
On July 29, 2016, the City of Miami Commission approved the millage caps as proposed above
by Resolution No. R-16-0365.
A five- year history of millage rates shows a steady overall decline:
FY 2012-13 FY 2013-14
General Operating 7.5710 7.6148
Debt Service 0.9000 0.8162
Total Millage Rate 8.4710 8.4310
FY 2014-15 FY 2015-16 FY 2016-17
Proposed
7.6465
7.6465
7.6465
0.7385
0.6886
0.6435
8.3850
8.3351
8.2900
For the City Commission's reference, every tenth mill will generate approximately $3.5 million
for the City of Miami General Fund in the next fiscal year.
Florida Statute Section 200.065 governs the setting the millage rates, adoption of budget, and
the timeframes required of each. It requires that the City of Miami advise the Property Appraiser
of its proposed millage within 35 days of the July 1 st certification of value so that the information
can be included in the notice of proposed property taxes mailed to property owners in August.
The same statute governs the timeframes for the first and second budget hearings. The first
hearing must be held between 65 and 80 days of the same July 1 certification of value, which is
no earlier than September 4 and no later than September 19. The City must then hold a second
budget hearing with enough time to provide the final budget and millage rates to the property
appraiser, tax collector, and State of Florida Department of Revenue by October 1.
Effectively, the tentative millage adopted on July 29, 2016 represents the upper limit for the
millage rates to be considered in September. The Commission may lower the general operating
millage rate at either of the two budget hearings, but effectively cannot raise it above what is
adopted in July. State law allows for this possibility, but it cannot be practically achieved within
the timeframes provided in state law. According to the Property Appraiser's Office, this re -
noticing of millage rates has not been accomplished even once in the history of the State of
Florida.