The total proposed budget is the grand sum of all monies a city intends to spend during the 2023-24 fiscal year. The new fiscal year begins Oct 1.

The general fund is only one part of the budget, but it is the part that relies heavily on property-tax revenues to cover planned expenses. Therefore, it is the part of the budget that most directly affects owners of homes and businesses.

Budgets at a Glance

Millage
The millage rate that will be collected on each $1,000 of taxable property value. With a millage rate of 7, for example, the owner of a home worth $100,000 after exemptions would pay $700 in property taxes. The “taxable value” of a property is the value that remains after exemptions.
Rollback
This is the millage rate that would allow a taxing authority to collect the same amount of property taxes it collected last year. Because property values generally rise, the rollback rate is generally lower than last year’s rate. (The value of new construction and annexation are not included in figuring rollback.)
— Al Everson

DeBary
Total Budget — $55.8 million
General Fund — $31.1 million
Adopted Property Tax Rate — 2.9247 mills
Current Property Tax Rate — 2.9247 mills
Rollback Rate — 2.7168 mills
Change in Proposed Tax Rate over Rollback —7.1-percent increase

Read more: DeBary adopts fiscal plans with ease

DeLand
Total Budget — $108.9 million
General Fund — $46.8 million
Adopted Property Tax Rate — 6.4841 mills
Current Property Tax Rate — 6.5841 mills
Rollback Rate — 6.0252
Change in Proposed Tax Rate over Rollback — 7.4-percent increase

Deltona
Total Budget — $151.8 million
General Fund — $70.7 million
Adopted Property Tax Rate — 7.35 mills
Current Property Tax Rate — 7.65 mills
Rollback Rate — 6.7519 mills
Change in Proposed Tax Rate over Rollback — 8.1-percent increase

Lake Helen
Total Budget — $4.73 million
General Fund — $3.63 million
Adopted Property Tax Rate — 6.5 mills
Current Property Tax Rate — 6.85 mills
Rollback Rate — 6.2299
Change in Proposed Tax Rate over Rollback — 4.33-percent increase

Read more: Lake Helen budget in under the wire

Orange City
Total Budget — $29.5 million
General Fund — $15.95 million
Adopted Property Tax Rate — 7.1209 mills
Current Property Tax Rate — 7.69 mills
Rollback Rate — 7.1209 mills
Change in Proposed Tax Rate over Rollback — 0 percent

Read more: Orange City adopts rollback-based budget

Pierson
Total Budget — $1.9 million
General Fund — $1.2 million
Adopted Property Tax Rate — 5.2439 mills
Current Property Tax Rate — 5.2439 mills
Rollback Rate — 4.5832 mills
Change in Proposed Tax Rate over Rollback — 14.4-percent increase

Read more: Pierson approves slim budget

Volusia County
Total Budget — $1.19 billion
General Fund — 3.3958 mills
Public Safety Fund — 1.4541 mills
Adopted Property Tax Rate — 4.8499 mills
Current Property Tax Rate — 4.8499 mills
The rollback rate, and percent change, cannot be calculated because of Volusia County’s new fund category, which breaks the general fund into two parts: the general fund, and the public safety fund.

Volusia County School Board
Total Budget — $1.4 billion
General Fund — $581 million
Adopted Property Tax Rate — 5.409 mills
Current Property Tax Rate — 5.482 mill

West Volusia Hospital Authority
Total Budget — $18.9 million
Adopted Property Tax Rate — 0.9806 mills
Current Property Tax Rate — 1.0816 mills
Rollback Rate — 0.9806 mills
Change in Proposed Tax Rate over Rollback — 0 percent

County budget of $1.19 billion passes, Volusia Forever funding intact
The new fiscal year for Florida’s local governments is upon us, Volusia County’s 2023-24 budget, at $1.1 billion, is the highest yet.
The County Council Sept. 19 adopted the $1.1 billion total operating budget and the separate $203.8 million capital budget, along with the countywide and area-specific property-tax rates. Half of the new tax rates are at the rollback levels, meaning they will generate property-tax collections equal or almost equal to those of the prior fiscal year.
“We started this process back in January,” County Manager George Recktenwald said, referring to the long budget-making exercise and the intensive personnel efforts to create the final product. “We do not budget one year at a time. … We budget over time, … the short term and the long term.”
The county’s new fiscal year began Oct. 1.
— Al Everson