- Alachua County adopted a 7.2107 millage rate for 2026-27, lowering it from last year but raising $184 million due to higher property values.
- The Alachua County Sheriff's Office received a $152 million budget, with law enforcement MSTU millage rate fixed at 3.5678 mills.
- The county's total budget is $974 million, including $366 million restricted funds and $133 million operational funds for various services.
The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) established the rollback millage rate for its upcoming 2026-27 budget, which totals $327 million for the general fund.
The county-wide millage rate, 7.2107 mills, is lower than last year but will raise the same amount in property taxes ($184 million) because of rising values. For Florida’s Truth in Millage notices, lowering to the rollback rate means there’s no tax increase for this millage.
The BOCC approved the final fiscal items with little comment on Tuesday.
“The FY27 budget respects the taxpayers who fund county government and protects the services, programs and places that make Alachua County a strong, vibrant and caring community,” County Manager Michele Lieberman said in a press release.
The Municipal Services Taxing Unit (MSTU) millage rate for law enforcement will stay the same at 3.5678 mills and generate $37 million. This rate is paid for by residents in unincorporated Alachua County or a city that uses the sheriff’s office for law enforcement services (Hawthorne, Waldo, Archer, Newberry, Micanopy and Lacrosse).
Overall, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) will have a budget of $152 million.
The fire assessment will raise $24 million from residents using Alachua County Fire Rescue. The total fire rescue budget will be $77 million.
Total budget and general fund budget
Alachua County’s total budget will be $974 million compared to its general fund budget of $327 million, which are funds the BOCC can move around and earmark for certain projects.
The total budget includes internal budget transactions and passthrough funding for outside agencies—including the sheriff’s office, hospital assessment, constitutional officers and CareerSource. Combined, these categories reach $442 million included in the total budget but are not accessible to the BOCC.
Mandated expenditures make up another $34 million outside the general fund, including debt service ($14 million), juvenile justice ($4 million), Medicaid state match ($5 million), the medical examiner ($2 million), inmate medical ($3 million) and state court administration ($4 million).
The county categorizes the remaining budget, around half, as restricted and then the remainder for operations.
The restricted category ($366 million) includes targeted taxes (like the gas tax or the tourist development tax that must be used for certain expenditures), the infrastructure surtax, the fire assessment and grants.
The remaining operational fund ($133 million) covers county administration, court services, building maintenance, animal resources, community support services and more.
Find the 2025-26 millage rate vote here.