Overview
Pinellas County's final FY2026 budget is $4.8 billion, adopted September 18, 2025, with the general fund property rate reduced to 4.5423 mills — its lowest level since 1990. Of the total, $3.6 billion funds core services and $1.2 billion funds capital improvements, including transportation and stormwater infrastructure, parks, beach nourishment, and a parking garage at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport.
At a glance
Headline budget
| Full budget, FY2026 (as announced) | $4.8 billion |
| Core services | $3.6 billion |
| Capital improvements | $1.2 billion |
| General fund property rate | 4.5423 mills, lowest since 1990 |
| Adopted | September 18, 2025 (announced September 19, 2025) |
| Commission chair quoted | Brian Scott |
Breakdown
Budget composition as announced (billions as printed; $3.6 billion + $1.2 billion = $4.8 billion exactly at this rounding):
| Core services — public safety, road and bridge maintenance, county parks, community programs | $3.6 billion |
| Capital improvements — transportation and stormwater infrastructure, parks and recreational facilities, beach nourishment, St. Pete-Clearwater airport parking garage | $1.2 billion |
| Full budget | $4.8 billion |
The announcement also notes the budget includes federal funding for the Pinellas Recovers People First Fund for storm recovery, and that hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton reduced countywide property values by $1.5 billion, costing $6.6 million in property tax revenue.
Elected officials
The announcement quotes County Commission Chair Brian Scott. No other commissioner is named in the announcement, so no full board roster is shown rather than guessed.
Sources & notes
- Only source used: Pinellas County, “County Commission adopts final FY 26 budget with lower rate” (pinellas.gov, September 19, 2025). Pinellas County final FY26 budget announcement.
- Flag — rounded source: all budget figures are the county's published adoption summary in billions; no line-item book was retrieved, so no exact total, General Fund total, or department split is claimed. Re-check route: the Pinellas County FY2026 adopted budget book for exact totals.
- Discrepancy: the inventory record's “approximately $4.9 billion” does not match the county announcement's $4.8 billion; the county's own figure is used.
- Not used: the Pinellas Park city budget found in the same search set is a different government and was excluded.
- Jurisdiction check: document header verified as Pinellas County, Florida.
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