Overview
LaBelle adopted a final FY2025-26 budget of $16,600,497 at a millage rate of 5.0 mills. State grants dominate the General Fund revenue detail ($6,100,000, including a $4,100,000 State Fire Marshal grant), followed by ad valorem and special-district taxes ($3,779,496).
At a glance
Headline budget
| Final budget, FY2025-26 (Resolution 2025-18) | $16,600,497 |
| Millage rate | 5.0 mills |
| Final budget hearing | September 18, 2025 |
| Tentative budget hearing | September 11, 2025 |
| Fiscal year | October 1, 2025 – September 30, 2026 |
Source: City of LaBelle source document
Breakdown
General Fund revenues, FY2025-26, from the resolution's budget detail (5.0-mill column). The categories sum exactly to the resolution's $16,600,497 total; the final $15,000 line is the balance to that total, as the small-revenue line detail is not separately legible in the extraction.
| Ad valorem taxes & special districts | $3,779,496 |
| Local option gas tax & infrastructure surtax | $1,028,202 |
| Utility taxes | $290,824 |
| Building permits & planning | $222,500 |
| Franchise & communications taxes | $704,980 |
| Federal financial assistance | $13,000 |
| State grants | $6,100,000 |
| State shared revenues | $425,500 |
| County portion of fire services | $1,819,978 |
| City wharf & boater grants | $71,000 |
| Animal control | $261,106 |
| Civic center rents | $71,500 |
| Fines & forfeitures | $31,000 |
| Interest on investments | $100,000 |
| Contributions | $15,000 |
| Fund balance transfers | $1,651,411 |
| Other General Fund revenues (balance to adopted total) | $15,000 |
| General Fund revenue total | $16,600,497 |
Source: City of LaBelle source document
Elected officials
Mayor Julie C. Wilkins; Commissioners Holland, Spratt and Vargas, Vice Mayor Ratica (named in Resolution 2025-18's vote block; votes were blank in the copy, so no vote outcomes are stated); Deputy City Clerk Tijauna Warner (attest); City Attorney Derek Rooney.
Sources & notes
- Only source used: City of LaBelle, Resolution 2025-18 (final budget FY2025-2026) with budget detail attachments, Special Final Budget Commission Meeting, September 18, 2025 (Municode). LaBelle final budget meeting record.
- Sum check: the General Fund revenue categories sum exactly to $16,600,497.
- Flag: Resolution 2025-18 states the total as $16,600,497 and the detail's General Fund revenue total is the same figure; the packet's consolidated summary implies a larger all-funds total including enterprise funds, but it could not be sum-checked, so this page claims the resolution total only.
- Jurisdiction check: resolution header verified as City of LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida. The city is styled City of LaBelle (capital B).
- 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.