Overview
The City of Ocala's FY2025-26 adopted budget totals $1,152,885,830 across all funds, of which $188,100,612 is applied to the General Fund. The General Fund millage is flat at 6.6177 for the eleventh consecutive fiscal year, and the FY2025-26 Capital Improvement Program totals $76,352,681 across 60 projects. Reserves of $560,207,643 make up 48.6% of the all-funds total, including pension reserves of $381,295,335 (68% of reserves).
At a glance
Headline budget
| Adopted budget, all funds, FY2025-26 | $1,152,885,830 |
| Applied to the General Fund | $188,100,612 |
| General Fund millage | 6.6177 mills |
| General Fund ad valorem taxes | $44,600,364 |
| Enterprise-fund transfers to city operations | approximately $29,700,000 |
| Capital Improvement Program | $76,352,681 |
| Reserves, all funds | $560,207,643 |
Breakdown
Expenditures by major category, all funds, FY2025-26:
| Salaries & benefits | $160,280,264 |
| Operating | $272,603,325 |
| Capital outlay | $59,871,925 |
| Non-operating | $21,312,169 |
| Transfers | $78,610,504 |
| Reserves | $560,207,643 |
| Total, all funds | $1,152,885,830 |
Expenditures by functional area, all funds, FY2025-26:
| General government (6.0%) | $69,516,037 |
| Public safety (9.3%) | $106,748,505 |
| Physical environment (29.4%) | $339,153,569 |
| Transportation (2.1%) | $23,833,914 |
| Economic environment (0.7%) | $8,021,893 |
| Culture / recreation (1.6%) | $18,404,993 |
| Internal service (2.3%) | $26,999,276 |
| Reserves (48.6%) | $560,207,643 |
| Total, all funds | $1,152,885,830 |
General Fund revenue sources, FY2025-26 plan column in the document's long-range table (sums to $126,100,612): property tax $44,600,364; sales & use tax $1,760,007; utility service tax $12,300,000; communications service tax $3,300,000; local business tax $436,000; permits, fees & special assessments $17,756,500; intergovernmental revenue $10,017,106; charges for service $4,768,745; fines & forfeits $580,000; miscellaneous revenues $818,229; non-operating revenues $29,763,661. This revenue-plan total is below the transmittal letter's $188,100,612 applied to the General Fund, which is the adopted General Fund figure used in the headlines; the difference is balances carried into the fund, not an error in either table.
Elected officials
Mayor Ben Marciano; Council President Kristen Dreyer (District 4); President Pro-Tem Ire Bethea, Sr. (District 2); Councilmembers Barry Mansfield (District 1), Jay Musleh (District 3), James Hilty, Sr. (District 5). Executive staff named in the document: Peter Lee (City Manager), Janice Mitchell (Chief Financial Officer), Tammi Haslam (Budget Director).
Sources & notes
- Only source used: City of Ocala, Florida, Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget Document (ocalafl.gov), including the City Manager's transmittal letter dated September 3, 2025.
- Sum checks: expenditures by major category exact ($160,280,264 + $272,603,325 + $59,871,925 + $21,312,169 + $78,610,504 + $560,207,643 = $1,152,885,830); expenditures by functional area exact; General Fund revenue-plan column exact at $126,100,612.
- Flags: the transmittal letter predates final adoption (hearings scheduled September 3 and 16) and no adoption resolution date appears in the retrieved text; the document's own header is CITY OF OCALA, FY2025-26, and it states the adopted budget for all funds is $1,152,885,830, which is the figure used. Fire assessment revenue is budgeted at $18.2 million with no rate change.
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