September 9, 2025 RECAP Aventura City Commission First Budget Public HearingCITY OF AVENTURA
Aventura Government Center
19200 West Country Club Drive
Aventura, FL 33180
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CITY COMMISSION
FIRST BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING RECAP
September 9, 2025
5:01 p.m.
Aventura Government Center
Commission Chambers
City Commission
Mayor Howard S. Weinberg, Esq.
Vice Mayor Cindy Orlinsky
Commissioner Clifford B. Ain
Commissioner Gustavo Blachman
Commissioner Amit Bloom
Commissioner Rachel S. Friedland, Esq.
Commissioner Paul A. Kruss
City Manager Bryan Pegues
City Clerk Ellisa L. Horvath, MMC
City Attorney Robert Meyers
Aventura City Commission First Budget Public Hearing RECAP September 9, 2025
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order at 5.07 p.m.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge was led by Mayor Weinberg.
3. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
ORDINANCES - FIRST READING - 2025/2026 BUDGET:
A. Action Taken: Passed on First Reading
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING AND
ADOPTING THE CITY OF AVENTURAAD VALOREM TAX OPERATING MILLAGE LEVY
RATE AT 1.7261 MILLS PER THOUSAND DOLLARS OF TAXABLE ASSESSED
PROPERTY VALUE, WHICH AS A PERCENT (%) CHANGE OF ROLLED -BACK RATE
OF 1.6365 MILLS IS 5.48%ABOVE THE ROLLED -BACK RATE COMPUTED PURSUANT
TO STATE LAW, FOR THE 2025 TAX YEAR; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
B. Action Taken: Passed on First Reading
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE ATTACHED
TENTATIVE OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET, AS REVIEWED AND APPROVED
BY THE CITY COMMISSION AT THE REVIEW MEETING HELD ON JULY 24, 2025 AS
THE CITY OF AVENTURA FINAL BUDGET FOR THE 2025/2026 FISCAL YEAR,
PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.05 OF THE CITY CHARTER; AUTHORIZING
EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS ESTABLISHED BY THE BUDGET; PROVIDING FOR
BUDGETARY CONTROL; PROVIDING FOR PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATION;
PROVIDING FOR GIFTS AND GRANTS; PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENTS;
PROVIDING FOR PROCEDURES REGARDING ENCUMBRANCES AND THE RE -
APPROPRIATION OF UNEXPENDED CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS; ESTABLISHING
THE COMMITTED FUND BALANCE FOR CAPITAL RESERVE; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
4. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 5.23 p.m.
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