{"about":"Palm Beach County, Florida 2026 budget, compiled by County Commons (independent, nonpartisan; not a government website). Every amount cites its source document and page.","page":"https://palmbeachfl.countycommons.us/budget","meta":{"document":"Palm Beach County FL FY2026 Adopted Budget","title":"Palm Beach County — the money trail","grand_total":9606627411,"year":2026,"note":"Palm Beach County, Florida — the state’s largest county by area, ~1.5 million people. This is the adopted all-funds budget for FY2026, $9.6 billion, grouped by function as the county reports it. Two honest caveats the county’s own documents make: about 21% ($2.0B) is Reserves held rather than spent, and about $968M is interfund transfers — the same dollars moving between funds — so the operating appropriation is roughly $4.58 billion. The Sheriff’s Office alone is $1.10B. The countywide operating millage is 4.5000 per $1,000 of value, on a $343B tax base. Every figure ties to the county’s FY2026 Budget in Brief and Fact Sheet, which agree to the dollar."},"documents":[{"id":"pbc-fy26-budget","title":"Palm Beach County FY2026 Budget in Brief & Fact Sheet","jurisdiction":"palm-beach-county","layer":"appropriation","source_url":"https://discover.pbcgov.org/ofmb/budget/Pages/default.aspx","retrieved_at":"2026-08-21","status":"ingested","note":"FY2026 adopted all-funds budget $9,606,627,411 (operating appropriation $4,577,145,144). The Budget in Brief and Fact Sheet agree to the dollar. Countywide operating millage 4.5000."}],"verification":{"total_checks":7,"passed":7,"failed":0},"nodes":[{"year":2026,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"source":{"doc":"pbc-fy26-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","id":"pbc-public-safety","parent":null,"name":"Public Safety","amount":2112199128,"note":"The Sheriff’s Office ($1.10B, the single largest agency), Fire Rescue, and county public-safety programs."},{"year":2026,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"source":{"doc":"pbc-fy26-budget","page":null},"status":"partial","id":"pbc-reserves","parent":null,"name":"Reserves","amount":2021242270,"note":"Money budgeted but held in reserve, not spent unless the Commission appropriates it — about 21% of the whole budget."},{"year":2026,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"source":{"doc":"pbc-fy26-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","id":"pbc-transportation","parent":null,"name":"Transportation","amount":1241428854,"note":"Roads, engineering, Palm Tran transit, and the county airports."},{"year":2026,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"source":{"doc":"pbc-fy26-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","id":"pbc-general-govt","parent":null,"name":"General Government","amount":1184065456,"note":"Countywide administration, the constitutional officers, elections, and property appraisal."},{"year":2026,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"source":{"doc":"pbc-fy26-budget","page":null},"status":"partial","id":"pbc-transfers","parent":null,"name":"Interfund transfers","amount":968010758,"note":"Money moved between county funds — counted in the headline total, so part of the $9.6B is the same dollars moving once."},{"year":2026,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"source":{"doc":"pbc-fy26-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","id":"pbc-physical-env","parent":null,"name":"Physical Environment","amount":721516519,"note":"Water Utilities, environmental resources, and physical infrastructure."},{"year":2026,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"source":{"doc":"pbc-fy26-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","id":"pbc-culture-rec","parent":null,"name":"Culture & Recreation","amount":559172183,"note":"Parks, libraries, and cultural programs."},{"year":2026,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"source":{"doc":"pbc-fy26-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","id":"pbc-econ-env","parent":null,"name":"Economic Environment","amount":338041057,"note":"Housing, economic development, and tourism."},{"year":2026,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"source":{"doc":"pbc-fy26-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","id":"pbc-internal","parent":null,"name":"Internal Services","amount":207917716,"note":"Fleet, risk management, and shared internal services."},{"year":2026,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"source":{"doc":"pbc-fy26-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","id":"pbc-human-services","parent":null,"name":"Human Services","amount":171421653,"note":"Community services, youth services, and health programs."},{"year":2026,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"source":{"doc":"pbc-fy26-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","id":"pbc-non-dept","parent":null,"name":"Non-Departmental","amount":81611817,"note":"Countywide costs not tied to one department."}]}