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Melbourne Beach · appropriation · 2026 · dept/fund 001

General Fund (001)

$4,704,285
✓ 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 FY2026-27 Budget Summary (official one-page summary)
Source locator
Not yet pinned — the transcription predates storing the source PDF. Pinning every number to its page or locator is part of Docket #7.
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
Cross-foots ✓ — the 10 lines beneath this sum to this total exactly. Full report.
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88% of all county appropriations ($5,359,912)
Retrieved
2026-10-06

Note on this line

The town’s main fund: police, fire, public works, town hall. The ten departments below add up to $4,704,285 exactly. The General Fund also moves $204,278 to other funds (mostly $116,250 for the town-hall bond and $74,078 for stormwater). Those dollars are counted where they are spent, in the funds below, so they are not counted twice here.

What's inside this number

LineAmountStatus
Town Commission and Clerk (Legislative) $278,169 ✓ Sourced
Town Manager (Executive) $354,406 ✓ Sourced
Finance $275,897 ✓ Sourced
Town Attorney (Legal) $160,042 ✓ Sourced
Town Planner $55,000 ✓ Sourced
General Services (town hall, insurance, streetlights) $574,836 ✓ Sourced
Police $1,677,353 ✓ Sourced
Fire $782,710 ✓ Sourced
Code Enforcement $90,748 ✓ Sourced
Public Works $455,124 ✓ Sourced