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Money trail → General Fund (001)
Melbourne Beach · appropriation · 2026 · dept/fund 001-12

Town Manager (Executive)

$354,406
✓ 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
32
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 line is part of General Fund (001)'s verified total. Full report.
Share
8% of General Fund (001) ($4,704,285)
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

The town manager ($124,500, contract) and an assistant, plus $78,000 of professional services: $33,000 for grant writing and $45,000 for a non-ad valorem (special assessment) study (PDF p. 33). Honest arithmetic: the lines below, printed to the cent, add to $354,405.70; the book rounds the department to $354,406.

What's inside this number

LineAmountStatus
Regular salaries $172,130.96 ○ Cited
Retirement payout $0 ○ Cited
Social Security and Medicare (FICA) $13,168.02 ○ Cited
Retirement — ICMA $16,919.55 ○ Cited
Retirement — town employees $6,473.05 ○ Cited
Health insurance $47,389.56 ○ Cited
Life insurance $203 ○ Cited
Unemployment $206.56 ○ Cited
Professional services — grant writing and assessment study $78,000 ○ Cited
Travel and meetings $2,260 ○ Cited
Miscellaneous (team building) $10,400 ○ Cited
Gas and oil (stipend) $2,600 ○ Cited
Dues and subscriptions $3,655 ○ Cited
Training $1,000 ○ Cited

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