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Melbourne Beach · appropriation · 2026 · dept/fund 125

Building Department Fund (125)

$218,254
✓ Sourced

This number is cited to a source document, and its arithmetic re-adds to the dollar (it cross-foots, or it is counted inside a total that does).

Source
Town of Melbourne Beach FY2027 Final Budget
Page
62
Layer
appropriation — Layer one: what Town Commission (Mayor, Vice Mayor + 3 Commissioners) authorized to be spent. What was actually spent is layer two (audit and treasurer reports); which vendor got which check is layer three (check register).
Checked
Counted ✓ — this fund is part of the grand total that re-adds to the ordinance's stated figure exactly. Full report.
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4% of all county appropriations ($5,359,912)
Retrieved
2026-10-06 — Approved by the Town Commission September 16, 2026. Pages 3–18 (the budget message and staff chart) are scanned images with no readable text — Docket #1.

Note on this line

Paid for by building permits, by Florida law kept apart from other town money. The building official is a contract ($120,000, “CAP Contract”). Honest arithmetic: the lines add to $218,255 — $1 over the printed total, rounding in the town’s own book.

What's inside this number

LineAmountStatus
Permit technician salary $50,892 ○ Cited
Contingency salary $1,500 ○ Cited
Social Security and Medicare (FICA) $4,008 ○ Cited
Retirement $7,120 ○ Cited
Health insurance $19,718 ○ Cited
Life insurance $112 ○ Cited
Accidental death insurance $42 ○ Cited
Workers’ compensation $260 ○ Cited
Unemployment $63 ○ Cited
Building official contract $120,000 ○ Cited
Travel and meetings $2,500 ○ Cited
Communications $1,910 ○ Cited
Office supplies $500 ○ Cited
Postage $100 ○ Cited
Uniforms $150 ○ Cited
Protective gear $150 ○ Cited
Code books $165 ○ Cited
Training $3,565 ○ Cited
Permit software $5,500 ○ Cited

This list is not yet complete — more lines exist in the source document than have been ingested.