Overview
The City of Tallahassee’s FY2026 adopted operating budget is $924.9 million across 14 operating funds and more than 350 revenue sources. The General Fund is $225.9 million, up 7.4% from the FY2025 budget of $210.3 million, with property taxes of $77.7 million providing 34.4% of General Fund revenue. The millage rate is 4.4072 mills, down 0.0128 mills from the prior year, and the added revenue funds 20 additional police officers, maintenance of more than 100 parks, and additional sidewalks and roads.
At a glance
Headline budget
| Total adopted operating budget, FY2026 | $924,900,000 |
| General Fund, FY2026 | $225,900,000 |
| General Fund, FY2025 budget (comparator) | $210,300,000 |
| General Fund increase | 7.4% |
| General Fund property taxes | $77,700,000 |
| Property taxes as share of General Fund | 34.4% |
| Millage rate, FY2026 | 4.4072 mills |
| Millage change vs. prior year | −0.0128 mills |
| Capital budget (inventory record) | $268,200,000 |
| Operating funds | 14 |
Source: City of Tallahassee FY26 Budget in Brief (official OpenGov budget site).
Breakdown
What the city’s Budget in Brief says the FY2026 budget funds (highlights, not a breakdown summing to the total):
| Additional police officers | 20 |
| Parks maintained | more than 100 |
| Additional sidewalks and roads | Funded from the $6 million property-tax revenue increase |
| General Fund departments supported | Police; Parks and Recreation; Public Infrastructure; Planning; Housing; Community Beautification |
| City share of each property-tax dollar in Leon County | 22 cents (county 45, schools 31, Children’s Services Council 2) |
| Homeowner example: city share of a $1,000 tax bill | $220 |
| Millage standing | Among the lowest of Florida’s 20 largest cities; third lowest of 12 in the Municipal Cost Comparison |
The brief notes the city receives 22 cents of each property-tax dollar, with the remainder going to Leon County, the Leon County School District, the Children’s Services Council, and the Northwest Florida Water Management District.
Elected officials
City of Tallahassee City Commission (adoption September 17, 2025, 4-1 votes, per the inventory record). Individual commissioners are not named in the pulled brief text, so none are listed here.
Sources & notes
- Sources used: City of Tallahassee FY26 Budget in Brief (city’s official OpenGov budget site): total adopted operating budget $924.9 million; General Fund $225.9 million (+7.4% vs. $210.3 million); property taxes $77.7 million (34.4% of General Fund); millage 4.4072 (down 0.0128); 20 additional police officers; more than 100 parks.
- Figure flags: a secondary report’s $942 million operating figure differs from the city’s own $924.9 million and is NOT used. The adoption date (September 17, 2025, 4-1) and the $268.2 million capital budget are inventory-record figures, not stated in the pulled brief text. Dollar figures in the brief are rounded to $0.1 million and are shown here rounded as the city states them.
- 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.