Overview
Marion County's FY2025-26 adopted budget totals $1,659,740,422 across all funds — a countywide budget of $1,125,752,491 plus a non-countywide budget of $533,987,931. The adopted countywide millage rate is 4.0200 mills (General Fund 3.0900, Fine and Forfeiture 0.8300, Health Unit Trust 0.1000).
At a glance
Headline budget
| Total county budget, FY2025-26 adopted | $1,659,740,422 |
| Countywide budget | $1,125,752,491 |
| Non-countywide budget | $533,987,931 |
| General Fund millage, adopted | 3.0900 mills |
| Fine and Forfeiture millage, adopted | 0.8300 mills |
| Health Unit Trust millage, adopted | 0.1000 mills |
| Total countywide millage, adopted | 4.0200 mills |
Breakdown
Total county revenues by type, FY2025-26 adopted:
| Property taxes | $282,118,299 |
| Other taxes | $91,108,814 |
| Licenses and permits | $6,516,800 |
| Impact fees | $9,899,950 |
| Special assessments | $184,651,398 |
| Intergovernmental | $123,798,667 |
| Charges for services | $165,516,688 |
| Fines and forfeitures | $717,250 |
| Miscellaneous | $59,549,550 |
| Administrative transfers | $15,929,261 |
| Debt proceeds | $31,878,061 |
| Balances forward | $688,055,684 |
| Total budgeted revenues | $1,659,740,422 |
Total county expenditures by function, FY2025-26 adopted:
| General government | $218,019,297 |
| Public safety | $491,586,123 |
| Physical environment | $285,551,224 |
| Transportation | $392,492,061 |
| Economic environment | $28,104,512 |
| Human services | $151,896,451 |
| Culture / recreation | $43,959,157 |
| Other uses | $21,075,594 |
| Court-related expenditures | $27,056,003 |
| Total budgeted expenditures | $1,659,740,422 |
Countywide expenditures by function (subset of the total above): General government $213,830,037; public safety $244,210,994; physical environment $103,958,648; transportation $310,451,975; economic environment $16,846,465; human services $151,896,451; culture / recreation $41,140,248; other uses $16,361,670; court-related $27,056,003 — summing exactly to the countywide total of $1,125,752,491.
Elected officials
Board of County Commissioners — Craig Curry (District 1), Kathy Bryant, Chair (District 2), Matt McClain (District 3), Carl Zalak III, Vice-Chair (District 4), Michelle Stone (District 5). Elected county officers named in the summary: Gregory Harrell (Clerk of Court and Comptroller), Jimmy Cowan (Property Appraiser), Billy Woods (Sheriff), Wesley Wilcox (Supervisor of Elections), George Albright (Tax Collector). County Administrator Mounir Bouyounes.
Sources & notes
- Only source used: Marion County, Florida, FY2025-26 Adopted Budget Summary, prepared by Gregory C. Harrell, Clerk of Court and Comptroller, Budget Department.
- Sum checks: total-county revenues exact ($282,118,299 + $91,108,814 + $6,516,800 + $9,899,950 + $184,651,398 + $123,798,667 + $165,516,688 + $717,250 + $59,549,550 + $15,929,261 + $31,878,061 + $688,055,684 = $1,659,740,422); total-county expenditures by function exact; countywide revenues exact ($145,615,600 + $90,766,735 + $1,282,300 + $118,069,752 + $106,338,865 + $118,954,696 + $717,250 + $47,699,042 + $14,813,051 + $31,878,061 + $449,617,139 = $1,125,752,491); countywide expenditures by function exact; countywide $1,125,752,491 + non-countywide $533,987,931 = $1,659,740,422.
- Adoption-date flag: the summary's schedule lists the final-hearing window September 18 – October 3, 2025, with September 22, 2025 in parentheses; the inventory record reports final adoption September 18, 2025. Neither date is silently corrected here.
- 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.