Overview
In the year ended September 30, 2025, the City of St. Augustine’s General Fund collected $58,457,173 in actual revenues and spent $61,718,778. After $1,420,188 of net other financing uses, the fund balance fell by $4,681,793, from $33,054,641 to $28,372,848. The large gaps between final-budget columns and actuals are amendment-driven: the final budget carries grant and miscellaneous revenues, and capital outlay, far above what was realized or spent.
At a glance
Headline budget
| General Fund revenues, final budget | $87,635,221 |
| General Fund revenues, actual | $58,457,173 |
| General Fund expenditures, final budget | $105,811,496 |
| General Fund expenditures, actual | $61,718,778 |
| Deficiency of revenues under expenditures, actual | $3,261,605 |
| Other financing sources (uses), net, actual | ($1,420,188) |
| Net change in fund balance | ($4,681,793) |
| Fund balance, ending | $28,372,848 |
Source: City of St. Augustine Annual Comprehensive Financial Report 2025.
Breakdown
General Fund actual revenues, year ended September 30, 2025 (sum-checked to $58,457,173):
| Property taxes | $23,846,232 |
| Other taxes | $5,078,872 |
| Licenses and permits | $2,139,652 |
| Intergovernmental revenues | $2,293,113 |
| Charges for services | $8,374,513 |
| Administrative overhead charges | $6,349,434 |
| Franchise fees | $2,528,987 |
| Fines and forfeitures | $608,335 |
| Grant revenues | $2,396,957 |
| Investment earnings | $1,802,704 |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $3,038,374 |
| Total revenues, actual | $58,457,173 |
General Fund actual expenditures (sum-checked to $61,718,778): general government $11,986,292; public safety $17,959,726 (police $10,864,958; fire $5,694,493; building and code enforcement $1,400,275); public works $4,768,954; streets $5,011,152; recreation $2,597,831; capital outlay $19,394,823.
Community Redevelopment Agency Fund, same year: revenues actual $2,732,071; expenditures actual $3,360,052; ending fund balance $4,432,297.
Elected officials
City Commission, per the report’s list of principal officials (September 30, 2025): Mayor-Commissioner Nancy Sikes-Kline, Vice Mayor-Commissioner Barbara Blonder, and Commissioners Jon DePreter, Cynthia Garris, and James Springfield. City Manager David Birchim.
Sources & notes
- Sources used: City of St. Augustine Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, fiscal year ended September 30, 2025: General Fund and Community Redevelopment Agency budget-and-actual schedules, list of principal officials, and the Mauldin & Jenkins auditor’s report (unmodified opinion, March 27, 2026).
- Sum checks: General Fund revenue and expenditure splits each sum exactly to the printed actual totals; revenues less expenditures less net other financing uses equals the $4,681,793 decrease; beginning balance less the decrease equals the $28,372,848 ending balance.
- Figure flags: final-budget columns are far above actuals because of amendments booked during the year (grant revenues final $19,872,901 vs. actual $2,396,957; miscellaneous revenues final $17,698,918 vs. actual $3,038,374; capital outlay final $51,766,810 vs. actual $19,394,823) — the gaps are unspent/unrealized amended amounts, not operating shortfalls of the same size. An FY2026 budget adoption at 7.5 mills was reported, but its book/total was not retrieved, so no FY2026 adopted figure is shown. This page covers the City of St. Augustine only, not St. Augustine Beach (a separate government).
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