Overview
Punta Gorda's FY2025-26 operating budget is $203,669,943, adopted September 24, 2025 for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2025. The January 2026 agenda document that confirms the figure also records the council of the time: Mayor Debi Lux, Vice Mayor Jeannine Polk, and Councilmembers Melissa Lockhart, Janis Denton and Greg Julian.
At a glance
Headline budget
| Operating budget, FY2025-26 | $203,669,943 |
| Adopted | September 24, 2025 |
| Fiscal year | Beginning October 1, 2025 |
| Confirming document | Council agenda, January 14, 2026 (budget-amendment resolution recital) |
Breakdown
No fund breakdown is claimed on this page: the retrieved official document states only the adopted operating-budget total of $203,669,943 and the adoption date. The January 14, 2026 amendment in the same document appropriates $50,000 in the General Fund (procurement study, from prior-year reappropriation) and $123,875 in the IT Fund (computer equipment, from remaining FY2025 funds) — amendments to the adopted budget, not components of its total, and not presented as a breakdown.
Elected officials
City Council (January 14, 2026 agenda header): Mayor Debi Lux (signed as Dr. Deborah Lux in the amendment resolution), Vice Mayor Jeannine Polk, Councilmembers Melissa Lockhart, Janis Denton and Greg Julian. City Manager Melissa Reichert; City Clerk Sara Welch.
Sources & notes
- Only source used: City of Punta Gorda, City Council agenda, January 14, 2026 (official city agenda document, cloudfront-hosted city file), budget-amendment resolution recital. Punta Gorda January 14, 2026 council agenda.
- Flag — no breakdown: the retrieved document gives the adopted total and date only. Re-check route: the City of Punta Gorda FY2025-26 budget book for a fund-level breakdown.
- Not used: the FY2026-27 budget of $219,266,032 noted in the inventory record is a different fiscal year and was excluded.
- Jurisdiction check: document header verified as CITY OF PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA (120 Laishley Court, Punta Gorda, FL 33950).
- 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.