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MEDIA RELEASE - Hernando County Government Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Has Been Approved

Post Date:09/25/2025 11:35 AM
MEDIA RELEASE
September 24, 2025

 

 

Hernando County Government Fiscal Year 2026
Budget Has Been Approved

 

 

(Brooksville, FL) – On Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at the final budget hearing, the Hernando County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) final budget totaling $993,180,713, with a unanimous vote. The BOCC reduced the FY26 General Fund millage rate by .5606 mills, when compared to the FY25 rate.  That reduction decreased the millage rate below the rollback rate. The BOCC has reduced the General Fund ad-valorem millage rate continuously over the last 6 years by a combined total reduction of 2.0021. The BOCC also reduced the County Health millage rate by 0.0048 to align the approved rate with the rollback rate.  Those reductions combine to equal a combined rate reduction of 0.5654, while maintaining the same rates for everything else.   
The General Fund includes the Clerk of Court, Property Appraiser, Sheriff's Office, Supervisor of Elections, Tax Collector, and programs and services provided by the BOCC such as emergency management, animal services, parks and recreation, facilities management, libraries, health and human services, economic development, veterans services, code compliance, planning, zoning, extension services, administration and more.
For more information on the FY26 final budget, you can view and interact with the budget book by visiting https://www.hernandocounty.us/departments/departments-f-m/management-and-budget. To rewatch or stream the September 23, 2025, budget hearing please visit www.HernandoCounty.us/WatchNow.
Adoption of the final millage rates are as follows:

 

 

FY26 Approved Budget by Fund Type:

  • Special Revenue $269,615,294
  • General Fund $238,519,013
  • Internal Service $75,339,586
  • Capital $31,489,681
  • Debt Service $3,165,835
  • Enterprise $375,051,304

 

 

 

FY26 Approved Budget by Revenue Source:

  • Other Sources $531,313,032
  • Taxes $150,406,195
  • Charges for Services $142,213,038
  • Licenses and Permits $70,777,816
  • Intergovernmental $50,856,940
  • Transfers $34,017,065
  • Miscellaneous $12,976,758
  • Fines and Forfeitures $619,869
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Please contact the Office of Management and Budget at
(352) 754-4004 for more information.
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