Overview
Seminole County’s FY2026-27 final budget totals $1,270,769,880 for all funds, up $55,681,921 (4.6%) from the FY2025-26 adopted budget of $1,215,087,959. The General Fund is $481,086,549. The countywide millage stays at 5.3751 mills, 4.18% above the rolled-back rate of 5.1595 mills; the aggregate millage for all Board of County Commissioners taxing districts is 7.3620 mills.
At a glance
Headline budget
| Total budget, FY2026-27 | $1,270,769,880 |
| FY2025-26 adopted budget (comparator) | $1,215,087,959 |
| Increase over FY2025-26 | $55,681,921 (4.6%) |
| General Fund, FY2026-27 | $481,086,549 |
| Countywide millage | 5.3751 mills |
| Fire MSTU millage | 2.7649 mills |
| Roads MSTU millage | 0.1107 mills |
| Aggregate BCC millage | 7.3620 mills |
Source: Seminole County FY2026-27 Second Public Hearing document.
Breakdown
Countywide sources and uses for FY2026-27, as printed in the hearing document’s Countywide Budget Summary. Both sides sum exactly to the total.
| Current revenues | $835,716,728 |
| Interfund transfers in | $98,012,223 |
| Fund balance | $337,040,929 |
| Sources total | $1,270,769,880 |
Uses: current expenditures $860,760,701 (personnel $204,428,082; operating $217,967,637; capital outlay $117,552,954; debt service $33,167,187; grants and aids $48,024,861; constitutional transfers $239,619,980; internal service charges and cost allocation contra net to zero) plus interfund transfers out $98,012,223 plus reserves $311,996,956, totaling $1,270,769,880.
Largest funds in the FY2026-27 final budget (partial list, not a sum to the total):
| General Fund | $481,086,549 |
| Fire Protection Fund | $158,344,709 |
| 2024 Infrastructure Sales Tax | $76,500,000 |
| Mass Transit Fund | $33,225,000 |
| Transportation Trust Fund | $29,121,946 |
Elected officials
Board of County Commissioners, per the hearing document: District 1 Bob Dallari, District 2 Jay Zembower, District 3 Lee Constantine, District 4 Amy Lockhart, District 5 Andria Herr. County Manager Darren Gray; County Attorney Kate Latorre. Constitutional officers named in the document include Sheriff Dennis Lemma, Tax Collector J. R. Kroll, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller Amy Pennock, Property Appraiser David Johnson, and Supervisor of Elections Grant Maloy.
Sources & notes
- Sources used: Seminole County FY2026-27 Second Public Hearing document (September 22, 2026): procedures and motions (final countywide budget $1,270,769,880), Budget by Fund, Countywide Budget Summary, and millage summary.
- Sum checks: sources (current revenues + transfers in + fund balance) and uses (current expenditures + transfers out + reserves) each total $1,270,769,880 exactly; the uses components listed sum to the $860,760,701 current-expenditures figure.
- Figure flag: the hearing document presents the FY2026-27 budget as the final budget for adoption at the September 22, 2026 hearing; the adoption date and resolution are per the inventory record, not stated as adopted in the pulled excerpts.
- 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.