Overview
Fernandina Beach adopted a FY2025-26 budget of $242,643,890 in total resources, up $38,819,315 (19.0%) from FY2024-25's $203,824,575 — but most of that total is cash balances carried forward ($146,702,392); new revenues are $83,218,400, of which the General Fund provides $31,045,844. The operating millage is 4.6849.
At a glance
$242,643,890
Adopted budget, FY2025-26, total resources
$83,218,400
Total revenues (excluding balances & transfers)
$31,045,844
General Fund revenues, FY2025-26
4.6849 mills
Operating millage rate
Headline budget
| Adopted budget, FY2025-26, total resources | $242,643,890 |
| Cash balance forward | $146,702,392 |
| Total revenues | $83,218,400 |
| Other sources (internal service + transfers in) | $12,723,098 |
| General Fund revenues | $31,045,844 |
| General Fund expenditures | $33,533,433 |
| Operating millage | 4.6849 mills |
| FY2024-25 total resources (comparator) | $203,824,575 |
Breakdown
Revenues by fund, FY2025-26 budget, from the Combined Summary of All Funds (excludes cash balances forward, internal service funds and interfund transfers).
| General Fund | $31,045,844 |
| Special Revenue Funds | $4,836,025 |
| Debt Service Funds | $8,000 |
| Capital Projects Funds | $7,838,003 |
| Enterprise Funds | $30,501,612 |
| Trust & Agency Funds | $8,988,916 |
| Total revenues | $83,218,400 |
Elected officials
City of Fernandina Beach City Commission: five citizens elected at large, who elect a Mayor from among themselves; individual commissioners are not named in the retrieved excerpts, so no names are listed here. City Manager Sarah Campbell (budget message author).
Sources & notes
- Only source used: City of Fernandina Beach, Florida, Annual Budget 2025-2026 (adopted September 16, 2025; adoption resolution at the end of the book fixes the budget at $242,643,890). Fernandina Beach FY2025-2026 Adopted Budget.
- Sum checks: revenues by fund exact ($31,045,844 + $4,836,025 + $8,000 + $7,838,003 + $30,501,612 + $8,988,916 = $83,218,400); total resources exact ($146,702,392 + $83,218,400 + $12,723,098 = $242,643,890).
- Jurisdiction check: book header verified as City of Fernandina Beach, Florida.
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified Florida jurisdiction palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a jurisdiction color.