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Money trail → General Fund and Building Fund revenue
Melbourne Beach · projected revenue · 2026

Taxes

$4,242,463
✓ 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
25
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 15 lines beneath this sum to this total exactly. Full report.
Share
83% of General Fund and Building Fund revenue ($5,126,817)
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

Property tax is three of every four tax dollars. The rest are taxes and fees on electric, water, gas, phone and cable bills, plus a share of gas and insurance taxes.

What's inside this number

LineAmountStatus
Property tax (4.6000 mills, budgeted at 97%) $3,239,313 ✓ Sourced
Local option gas tax (county share) $95,500 ✓ Sourced
Utility tax — electric (FPL) $291,200 ✓ Sourced
Utility tax — water $60,000 ✓ Sourced
Utility tax — gas $650 ✓ Sourced
Utility tax — gas (AmeriGas) $6,600 ✓ Sourced
Utility tax — gas (Suburban) $1,300 ✓ Sourced
Utility tax — gas (Ferrell) $3,000 ✓ Sourced
Utility tax — gas (Sam’s) $700 ✓ Sourced
Communications services tax $150,000 ✓ Sourced
Business tax $14,000 ✓ Sourced
Franchise fee — electric (FPL) $227,200 ✓ Sourced
Franchise fee — trash, homes $80,000 ✓ Sourced
Franchise fee — trash, businesses $20,000 ✓ Sourced
Insurance premium tax (for police pension) $53,000 ✓ Sourced