City amends FY 22-23 budget

The Winter Garden City Commission on Thursday, July 27, amended the Fiscal Year 2022-23 budget for mid-year adjustments.

By Annabelle Sikes
| 9:00 a.m. August 5, 2023

West Orange Times & Observer
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The Winter Garden City Commission on Thursday, July 27, amended the Fiscal Year 2022-23 budget for mid-year adjustments.

The interim budget is used as part of the budget process to account for changes that have occurred since the original budget was passed, according to the city’s staff report.

The commission adopted an ordinance appropriating and allocating all revenue and funds of the city for the tax year beginning Oct. 1, 2022, and ending Sept.30, 2023.

The amended budget reads as follows: General Fund, $6,543,576; General Fund Police Impact Fee, $154,770; General Fund Transportation Impact Fee, $1,076,646; Utility Operating Fund, $2,362,939; Stormwater Fund, $100,000.

The total is $10,237,931.

The commission approved unanimously the second reading of the ordinance.

SLOW DOWN

City Manager Jon C. Williams informed the commission of a new Florida law that will target school-zone speeders by allowing cities and counties to use speed cameras in school zones.

Williams said the city will deploy some of the newly purchased enforcement trailers to monitor specified zones and issue warning citations.

IN OTHER NEWS

The Winter Garden City Commission approved unanimously the second reading of an ordinance amending the buildings and building regulations chapter of the city code. The change would require a planning pre-application review prior to the submission of a building permit. The review would be conducted by the planning department and would expire if a subsequent building permit is not filed within six months of issuance.

Commissioners tabled discussion on a site plan for 100 and 126 W. Plant St. for the South Boyd and Tremaine Office/Retail Building.

Derek Blakeslee, representative for the Tourist Development Tax Citizens Advisory Board, presented a report on the meetings.

City Manager Jon C. Williams asked commissioners to take a look at a draft ordinance for the Residential Overlay District.

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Annabelle Sikes

News Editor Annabelle Sikes was born in Boca Raton and moved to Orlando in 2018 to attend the University of Central Florida. She graduated from UCF in May 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in sociology. Her past journalism experiences include serving as a web producer at the Orlando Sentinel, a reporter at The Community Paper, managing editor for NSM Today, digital manager at Centric Magazine and as an intern for the Orlando Weekly.