Overview
The City of Stuart’s FY2025-26 adopted budget totals $102,824,698 for all funds, including a General Fund of $47,934,180. Public safety dominates the General Fund at $24,913,536 (about 52%), followed by general government at $14,428,295. The General Fund adopted total is slightly below the FY2025 actuals of $48,164,078, with personal services rising to $32,194,861 while operating expenses fall to $9,095,928.
At a glance
Headline budget
| Total budget, FY2025-26 adopted (all funds) | $102,824,698 |
| General Fund, FY2025-26 adopted | $47,934,180 |
| General Fund, FY2025 actuals (comparator) | $48,164,078 |
| Final millage (Resolution 96-2025, inventory record) | 4.9 mills |
| Adopting resolution (inventory record) | Resolution 97-2025 |
| Adoption (inventory record) | September 22, 2025 (5-0) |
Source: City of Stuart FY2027 Adopted Budget (FY2026 Adopted columns).
Breakdown
General Fund FY2025-26 adopted appropriations by category (sum-checked to $47,934,180):
| Personal services | $32,194,861 |
| Operating expenses | $9,095,928 |
| Capital outlay | $1,565,800 |
| Debt service | $1,530,700 |
| Grants and aids | $74,500 |
| Other uses (incl. transfers and contingencies) | $3,472,391 |
| General Fund total, adopted | $47,934,180 |
General Fund FY2025-26 adopted appropriations by function (same total, second sum check): general government $14,428,295; public safety $24,913,536; physical environment $1,211,744; transportation $3,806,795; culture and recreation $3,573,810.
All-funds FY2025-26 adopted revenues by category (from the book’s all-funds table, revenues total $102,824,698): ad valorem taxes $18,412,411; charges for services $29,810,702; other sources $26,901,281; intergovernmental revenues $8,671,535; investment income $4,325,000; utility taxes $3,689,770; permits, fees, and special assessments $2,233,375; taxes $1,956,398; franchise fees $2,098,000; assessments $1,746,328; rental income $1,461,800; local business tax $800,000; miscellaneous revenues $522,098; judgments, fines, and forfeits $196,000. The book’s FY2027 all-funds total is $104,915,228.
Elected officials
City of Stuart City Commission (five members elected to four-year terms; the Commission selects a Mayor and Vice Mayor each December, per the budget book). Individual commissioners are not named in the pulled book excerpts, so none are listed here.
Sources & notes
- Sources used: City of Stuart FY2027 Adopted Budget book (stuartfl.gov), All Funds Revenues and Appropriations tables and General Fund appropriations by category, function, and department — all read in the FY2026 Adopted column.
- Sum checks: General Fund category split and function split each total $47,934,180 exactly; all-funds revenues total $102,824,698, equal to all-funds appropriations in the book’s summary table.
- Figure flags: millage (4.9 mills), adopting resolution (97-2025), and adoption date/vote (September 22, 2025, 5-0) are inventory-record figures, not stated in the pulled excerpts; the tentative General Fund figure of about $47,000,009 in the inventory record is a tentative figure and is NOT used — the adopted $47,934,180 governs.
- 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.