Overview
The City of Orlando's FY2025-26 budget totals $1,799,689,491, including a General Fund of $739,605,671, at a millage of 6.65 mills — unchanged, and 4.27% above the rollback rate of 6.3774. Public safety funding rises by $25 million, including 16 new police officers and a proposed city-sponsored paramedic school certification program; mobility infrastructure receives the city's largest investment to date, and neighborhood parks and recreation centers receive more than $6.4 million combined. The budget took effect October 1, 2025.
At a glance
Headline budget
| Total budget, FY2025-26 | $1,799,689,491 |
| General Fund | $739,605,671 |
| Millage rate | 6.65 mills |
| Rollback rate | 6.3774 mills |
| Public safety funding increase | $25,000,000 |
| New police officers | 16 |
| Roadway pavement rehabilitation | $7,500,000 |
| Playgrounds, athletic fields, pools and boat docks | $4,200,000 |
| Recreation centers and parks improvements | more than $2,200,000 |
Breakdown
Investment highlights from the city's official announcements (highlights, not a breakdown summing to the total):
| Public safety funding increase | $25,000,000 |
| New police officers | 16 |
| City-sponsored paramedic school certification program | proposed |
| Roadway pavement rehabilitation | $7,500,000 |
| Sidewalks, bridges and trail rehabilitation | more than $4,300,000 |
| Traffic signal upgrades and electronic repairs | expanded funding |
| Playground, athletic field, pool and boat dock renovations | $4,200,000 |
| Recreation center and park improvements | more than $2,200,000 |
| Neighborhood enhancements, combined (city newsletter) | more than $6,400,000 |
Budget calendar per the city's September 5, 2025 release: final public Budget Hearing #2 on Monday, September 22, 2025, at 5:01 p.m. in City Council Chambers, City Hall, 2nd Floor; implementation of the adopted budget on Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
Elected officials
Mayor Buddy Dyer and the Orlando City Council (per the city's September 5, 2025 release). Individual council members are not named in the announcements as extracted, so none are listed here.
Sources & notes
- Sources used: City of Orlando official release, “Orlando's 25/26 Budget Invests in Safety, Mobility, and Neighborhoods” (September 5, 2025); City of Orlando newsletter, “City News: The Budget” (September 26, 2025), confirming the City Council adopted the budget that week; City of Orlando Budget Documents page, which lists the Orlando FY2026 Budget Book.
- What is not claimed: no fund breakdown is shown, because the FY2026 Budget Book PDF (34MB, listed on the city's Budget Documents page) was not retrievable in this pass, and the announcements state no fund split. Re-check route: the Orlando FY2026 Budget Book on orlando.gov's Budget Documents page for a future fund-split revision.
- Figures flag: the exact totals ($1,799,689,491; General Fund $739,605,671; millage 6.65; rollback 6.3774) are per the inventory record, corroborated by a secondary adoption report (second hearing, voice vote after a motion by Commissioner Sheehan and a second by Commissioner Stewart); the July workshop's proposed General Fund of about $742.6 million (secondary report) is higher than the adopted $739,605,671 and is not used as the adopted figure.
- 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.