Fort Lauderdale
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City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Unofficial demonstration dashboard for the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, built from the city's FY2027 Adopted Neighbors Guide.

Basis — read this first: every figure on this page comes from the City of Fort Lauderdale FY2027 Adopted Neighbors Guide (official city budget summary, file dated October 2026). Figures are in millions as charted in the guide; the General Fund expenditure chart sums exactly to the guide's $560.6 million General Fund total. Chart-label caveat: the guide is a two-page brochure whose chart labels garble in text extraction; the $5.5 million balance item is presented as an unlabeled balance rather than assigned a department name it may not carry.

Overview

Fort Lauderdale's FY2027 adopted budget holds the operating millage at 4.1193 for the twentieth consecutive year, with a $560.6 million General Fund. Police ($196.5 million, 35.1%) and Fire Rescue ($139.5 million, 24.9%) together take 60% of the General Fund. About $265 million in Capital Improvement Plan funding is included, including $53.0 million for wastewater and water/sewer infrastructure.

At a glance

$560,600,000
General Fund, FY2027 adopted
4.1193 mills
Operating millage (20th consecutive year)
$196,500,000
Police (35.1% of General Fund)
~$265,000,000
Capital Improvement Plan funding

Headline budget

General Fund, FY2027 adopted$560,600,000
Operating millage4.1193 mills
Ad valorem, operating (General Fund) $267.1 million (47.6%)
Interfund assessment (General Fund) $70.0 million (12.5%)
Police$196,500,000
Fire Rescue$139,500,000
Capital Improvement Plan funding (approx.) $265 million
Fire assessment, residential dwelling unit $444 per year (up from $403)

Source: Fort Lauderdale FY2027 Adopted Neighbors Guide

Breakdown

General Fund expenditures by department, FY2027, in millions as charted in the Neighbors Guide. The guide's chart gives percentages; dollar figures are the chart's millions.

Police$196,500,000
Fire Rescue$139,500,000
Parks and Recreation$71,000,000
Public Works$57,200,000
Community Services$36,000,000
Transportation and Mobility$25,300,000
Development Services$13,300,000
Other Charter Offices$9,500,000
Other (as charted)$6,800,000
Balance to General Fund total (chart item unlabeled in extraction)$5,500,000
Total General Fund$560,600,000

Source: Fort Lauderdale FY2027 Adopted Neighbors Guide

Elected officials

Mayor Dean J. Trantalis; Vice Mayor Ben Sorensen (District 4); Commissioners John C. Herbst (District 1), Steven Glassman (District 2), Pam Beasley-Pittman (District 3); Acting City Manager Christopher Cooper; City Attorney Shari McCartney; City Auditor Patrick Reilly; City Clerk David R. Soloman.

Sources & notes

  • Only source used: City of Fort Lauderdale, FY2027 Adopted Neighbors Guide (official city budget summary document, October 2026). Fort Lauderdale FY2027 Adopted Neighbors Guide.
  • Sum check: General Fund chart items exact in millions ($196.5 + $139.5 + $71.0 + $57.2 + $36.0 + $25.3 + $13.3 + $9.5 + $6.8 + $5.5 = $560.6 million).
  • Caveat: the $5.5 million item is the arithmetic balance to the guide's $560.6 million total; its department label did not survive text extraction legibly, so it is shown as an unlabeled balance, not assigned to a department.
  • Jurisdiction check: guide header verified as City of Fort Lauderdale.
  • 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.

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