The Hallandale Beach City Commission unanimously adopted its FY 2025–26 property tax millage and annual budget and approved a series of ordinances and resolutions Tuesday evening.

Key votes at the meeting:

- Millage rate: The commission set the city’s millage at the rollback rate of 7.3848 mills, with a parks-obligation bond millage of 0.0349 mill, Golden Isle Safe Neighborhood District at 1.90934 mills and Three Islands Safe Neighborhood District at 0.4584 mills. The commission announced the aggregate levy produces a 0.79% decrease in property tax revenues relative to the aggregate rollback rate; the motion passed on a 5–0 roll call.

- Annual budget: The commission adopted the FY 2025–26 budget, including the Golden Isles and Three Islands Safe Neighborhood District budgets; the motion passed on a 5–0 roll call.

- Five‑year capital improvement program (CIP): The commission adopted the city’s FY 2026–2030 CIP and established FY 2026 capital projects as the capital budget (second reading); motion passed 5–0.

- Water, wastewater and stormwater rates: A second‑reading ordinance setting those rates for FY 2025–26 was adopted 5–0 (item was previously adopted at an earlier hearing on Sept. 15, per staff).

- Procurement code: Changes to the city’s procurement code (Chapter 23) were adopted on second reading, 5–0; staff submitted an amended codification version earlier the same day and commissioners voted on the updated text.

- Alcohol distance separation waiver delegation (first reading): On first reading the commission amended distance rules in Chapter 5 (Section 5‑6) to delegate authority for distance‑separation waivers to the Planning and Zoning Board; first reading passed 5–0.

- Gulfstream Park signage master plan: The commission approved a resolution accepting an amended signage master plan for the Village at Gulfstream Park (motion passed 5–0).

Consent items: The commission approved minutes and a broad consent agenda (items A through Z and related supplemental items) by roll call, 5–0.

Roll call: The transcript records roll-call votes with the five commissioners recorded as voting yes; the meeting transcript lists responses from Mayor Joy Cooper, Commissioner Adams, Commissioner Butler, Commissioner Lee Matau and Vice Mayor (listed as Laszlo/Lazarus in the record). Official vote tallies recorded during the meeting were 5 yes, 0 no for the items listed above.

Why it matters: The millage, budget and CIP set the city’s revenue and spending priorities for the coming fiscal year and authorize capital projects that city staff said will include water, sewer and stormwater work. The procurement and rate ordinances will affect how the city buys goods and how utilities are billed.

At this meeting commissioners did not change the adopted millage from the rollback rate and did not add substantive amendments to the budget during the final hearing; staff and the mayor said the budget and the millage reflected months of work and prior commission direction.