Budget breakdown: Winter Garden Fiscal Year 2020-21

Winter Garden commissioners have approved the final Fiscal Year 2020-21 budget. According to city documents, the total revenue for FY 2020-21 is $77,493,700, while total expenditures sit at $70,139,188.

This is a nearly 30% decrease of $29,591,299, compared to the FY 2019-20 total budget of $99,730,487. Part of that is because of a $15.4 million decrease in this year’s Public Services expenditures, much of which last year accounted for the Dillard Street redesign. Additionally, the city has reduced controllable variable operating expenditures by 10% this year to account for impacts due to the coronavirus pandemic, City Manager Mike Bollhoefer said.

The budget includes the general fund, special-revenues fund, debt-service fund, enterprise funds and fiduciary funds. At $41,019,254, the general fund makes up 53% of the total budget. 

Personnel costs are the largest portion of the general fund at about $26.55 million (64.7%), according to Bollhoefer, and this year that includes a 2% cost-of-living increase. The Winter Garden Police Department has been allocated $12,545,018, and the fire department received $8,515,037. The general fund’s personnel and operating expenditures are budgeted to increase 2.4%. 

General Fund Expenditures

Streets & Sidewalk Resurfacing

This project traditionally provides for capital repairs and replacement as needed throughout the city. In FY 2021, $1.06 million from the General Fund has been allocated to street-resurfacing improvements to Division Street (Dillard to Hennis), East Crown Point (Plant to Crown Point Cross), East Bay Street (Dillard to Ninth), First Street (Maple to Smith), Daniels Road (Turnpike to Stoneybrook West Parkway), Courtlea Oaks, Daniels Crossing Phase II (Fifth, Dharma and Karma), Orange Cove and Horizon Oaks. 

Capital Improvement Requests - Land, Parks and Recreation

Capital Improvement Requests - Police

Capital Improvement Requests - Street Operations

Capital Improvement Requests - Stormwater