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Money trail → General Fund (001)
Melbourne Beach · appropriation · 2026 · dept/fund 001-19

General Services (town hall, insurance, streetlights)

$574,836
✓ 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
38
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 29 lines beneath this sum to this total exactly. Full report.
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12% 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

What it costs to run the town’s buildings: insurance ($151,417 across liability, flood, property, auto and cyber), phones and internet, streetlights, utilities, and $110,000 of capital — mostly a state-required elevator repair ($100,000, PDF p. 38). A $5,000 transfer to long-term capital is counted separately.

What's inside this number

LineAmountStatus
Workers’ compensation $321 ✓ Sourced
Professional services $3,924 ✓ Sourced
Security $583 ✓ Sourced
Janitorial services $19,548 ✓ Sourced
Pre-employment $250 ✓ Sourced
Telephone $23,160 ✓ Sourced
Communication services $13,812 ✓ Sourced
Computer and network services $69,527 ✓ Sourced
Street lights $60,000 ✓ Sourced
Electricity $30,000 ✓ Sourced
Water and sewer $6,000 ✓ Sourced
Waste service tax $3,804 ✓ Sourced
General liability insurance $66,480 ✓ Sourced
Flood insurance $8,308 ✓ Sourced
Property insurance $67,213 ✓ Sourced
Auto insurance $8,223 ✓ Sourced
Cyber liability insurance $1,193 ✓ Sourced
Office equipment maintenance $5,560 ✓ Sourced
Equipment maintenance $12,000 ✓ Sourced
Healthy-environment building work $10,000 ✓ Sourced
Pest control $4,320 ✓ Sourced
Printing $200 ✓ Sourced
Contingency $25,000 ✓ Sourced
Office supplies $7,000 ✓ Sourced
Postage $1,500 ✓ Sourced
Janitorial supplies $4,500 ✓ Sourced
Dues and subscriptions $400 ✓ Sourced
Capital — elevator repair, A/C, computers $110,000 ✓ Sourced
Licenses and fees $12,010 ✓ Sourced