Palm Bay Sets Sights on $15 Million Budget Cut, DOGE Drives FY27 Workshop
Palm Bay, FL -- Palm Bay’s fiscal year 2027 budget cycle opened Wednesday night with a single number on the board: $15 million. That is the size of the cut Deputy City Manager Brian Robinson told the City Council the administration is now targeting, walking back from an initial blanket “20% across the board” reduction order that, by his own accounting, would have produced only about $3 million in savings.
The 45-minute workshop at City Hall ran short on revenue figures and long on framing. City Manager Matthew Morton was absent. Deputy Mayor Mike Jaffe was absent. Mayor Rob Medina presided…
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