The FY07 Budget

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The City of Tampa's budget for fiscal year 2007 totals $728 million. Our tax operating funds account for 58% of our budget. We also operate several enterprise funds, which account for about 34% of our budget with the remaining balance coming from bond revenues and other smaller sources.

Tax Operating Funds

Tax operating funds include property taxes, franchise fees, sales taxes and communication services taxes as well as other sources. These monies are used to support general city services such as Police, Fire Rescue, Parks and Recreation, and basically all the support services needed to operate our city.

Enterprise Funds

The city's enterprise funds include Water, Wastewater, Solid Waste and Parking. These departments are run like businesses within city government - that is, they operate on the user revenues they bring in.

For the 18th year in a row our millage rate remains the same. This rate determines the city's portion of your property tax payment.