Overview
The City of Wauchula’s total budget for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026 is $26,563,378, up from $23,649,655 the prior year, according to the management discussion in the city’s FY2025 audit. In the audited year itself (ended September 30, 2025), the General Fund collected $5,030,445 against a final budget of $5,190,800 and spent $6,519,396 against a final budget of $6,668,369; transfers in of $2,012,702 covered the operating gap and left a net fund-balance increase of $75,829, to $2,872,040. Citywide net position at September 30, 2025 was $66,493,365, up $6,275,508 on the year.
At a glance
Headline budget
| Total budget, fiscal year ending 2026-09-30 (all funds) | $26,563,378 |
| Total budget, prior fiscal year (all funds) | $23,649,655 |
| General Fund revenues, FY2024-25 final budget | $5,190,800 |
| General Fund revenues, FY2024-25 actual | $5,030,445 |
| General Fund expenditures, FY2024-25 final budget | $6,668,369 |
| General Fund expenditures, FY2024-25 actual | $6,519,396 |
| Net change in General Fund balance, FY2024-25 | $75,829 |
| General Fund balance, ending | $2,872,040 |
| Citywide net position, 2025-09-30 | $66,493,365 |
Breakdown
General Fund actual revenues, year ended September 30, 2025 (sum-checked to $5,030,445):
| Taxes | $1,803,738 |
| Charges for services | $131,117 |
| Fines and forfeitures | $50,873 |
| Intergovernmental revenue | $1,055,653 |
| Interest | $94,421 |
| Licenses and permits | $15,240 |
| Grant revenue | $1,833,212 |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $46,191 |
| Total revenues, actual | $5,030,445 |
General Fund actual expenditures (sum-checked to $6,519,396): general government $1,635,032; police department $1,826,078; highways and streets $297,635; culture/recreation $509,698; capital outlay $2,195,343; debt service $55,610. Other financing: transfers in $2,012,702, transfers out $535,152, proceeds from sales of assets $87,230 — net $1,564,780 — turning the $1,488,951 operating deficiency into the $75,829 net increase.
Special Revenue Fund, same year: revenues actual $944,836 against a budget of $3,671,121; expenditures actual $1,006,820 against a budget of $5,483,446; ending fund balance $2,319,750.
Elected officials
City of Wauchula City Commission (the audit is addressed to the Honorable City Commission; the FY2025-26 budget adoption, Ordinance 2025-14 with final millage Resolution 2025-15, September 22, 2025, is per the inventory record). Individual commissioners are not named in the pulled audit excerpts, so none are listed here.
Sources & notes
- Sources used: City of Wauchula, Florida, financial statements and supplementary information, September 30, 2025 (CS&L CPAs, report June 19, 2026, unmodified opinion): management’s discussion and analysis (FY2026 total budget $26,563,378; prior year $23,649,655; net position $66,493,365, up $6,275,508) and the General Fund and Special Revenue Fund budget-to-actual schedules.
- Sum checks: General Fund revenue and expenditure splits each sum exactly to the printed actual totals; the operating deficiency plus net other financing sources equals the $75,829 net change; beginning balance plus net change equals the $2,872,040 ending balance.
- Figure flags: the $26,563,378 headline is an all-funds total-budget figure from the audit’s subsequent-year discussion, not a General Fund figure and not a fund split; the General Fund schedule covers FY2024-25 actuals. In the Special Revenue Fund, grant revenue was budgeted at $2,867,458 but actual grants were $0, and capital outlay actual ($608,791) was far below its $4,915,000 budget. The FY2025-26 adoption instruments (Ordinance 2025-14, Resolution 2025-15, September 22, 2025) are inventory-record items, not stated in the pulled audit 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.