Deegan presents record $1.92 billion 2024-25 city budget proposal

Mayor’s 2024-29 Capital Improvement Plan includes $489 million in first-year spending on projects; no tax increases.

  • By Ric Anderson
  • | 5:52 p.m. July 15, 2024
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Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan, right, discusses her proposed $1.92 billion city budget and five-year Capital Improvement Plan on July 15 as her chief financial officer, Anna Brosche, looks on. Deegan took questions from reporters in the City Hall rotunda after presenting the budget to City Council.
Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan, right, discusses her proposed $1.92 billion city budget and five-year Capital Improvement Plan on July 15 as her chief financial officer, Anna Brosche, looks on. Deegan took questions from reporters in the City Hall rotunda after presenting the budget to City Council.
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Despite budgetary pressures that include meeting rising demand for city services in the face of a shortfall in projected property tax revenue and the depletion of federal pandemic relief funding, Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan is challenging City Council members to increase city spending in the coming fiscal year. 

On July 15, Deegan presented Council a proposed $1.92 billion 2024-25 budget that exceeds the adopted 2023-24 version by $165.18 million. 

She also presented a $1.95 billion 2024-29 Capital Improvement Plan that includes $489 million in first-year spending, a more than $65 million increase over first-year expenditures in the current CIP. 

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