How Ocoee plans to fund city services in FY2027
A summary of the City of Ocoee FY2027 budget, adopted September 23, 2026, including the citywide budget, General Fund revenue and spending, public safety costs, staffing, capital projects and regional comparisons.
FY2027 budget overview
Key figures from the adopted budget.
Where the $140.6 million sits
The General Fund is the largest single fund, but utilities, CRA, stormwater, solid waste, EMS, building and impact fee funds are separate pieces of the citywide budget.
Largest FY2027 funds
Horizontal scale is relative to the General Fund.
Operating vs. other funds
How the General Fund is financed
Taxes are the largest source, but the General Fund also relies heavily on intergovernmental revenue, charges and fees, transfers and other recurring sources.
FY2027 General Fund revenue by source
Total: $74,260,951
What sits inside "Taxes"?
Property tax is the largest single tax line, but it is not the entire tax category.
General Fund expenditure trend
Published Ocoee historical values. Actual years are separated from budget/adopted years where the source does so.
More than half of the General Fund goes to public safety
Ocoee's FY2027 General Fund is primarily a service budget. Personnel alone represents 62.1% of total General Fund expenditures.
FY2027 General Fund by function
By expense type
Police
Fire
General Government
- City Commission
- City Manager
- City Clerk
- Finance
- Human Resources
- Planning
- Information Services & Technology
- General Government Services
- Public Works Administration
- Maintenance Operations
Transportation
Parks & Leisure
Physical Environment
Police ($25,494,831) and Fire ($14,550,871) are departments inside Public Safety; together they total $40,045,702. The remaining $550,000 in Public Safety is Emergency & Disaster Operating Supplies. Department costs shown inside a function are already included in that function's total. Cost per resident figures on this page divide FY2027 adopted amounts by the current population of 52,935.
Property tax alone does not pay for Police and Fire
The comparison below shows the General Fund property tax line beside Police and Fire spending.
Property tax vs. Police + Fire
Per resident comparison
2026 non ad valorem assessment roll
These charges are collected on the property tax bill, but they are not ad valorem property taxes. They are separate assessments tied to specific services or obligations.
Major 2026 assessment totals
| Fire Rescue | $9,638,112.92 |
| Residential sanitation | $5,351,055.28 |
| Stormwater | $3,887,989.42 |
| Septic to sewer | $19,496.82 |
| Code enforcement | $3,833.16 |
| Tax roll assessment total | $18,900,487.60 |
Source: Orange County Property Appraiser / Comprehensive Appraisal Technology, 2026 City of Ocoee Special Taxing District Summary. Total parcels listed: 17,971.
Why these numbers stay separate
The General Fund's $27,554,139 current ad valorem line is based on taxable property value and the City's millage. The assessment roll figures above are not added to that property tax number when calculating property tax reliance.
What 4.9500 mills means
Millage applies to taxable value, not market value. These examples show only the City of Ocoee portion and do not include Orange County, the School Board or other taxing authorities.
Annual City of Ocoee property tax on $300,000 of taxable value at 4.9500 mills.
| $200,000 taxable value | $990 |
| $250,000 taxable value | $1,237.50 |
| $300,000 taxable value | $1,485 |
| $350,000 taxable value | $1,732.50 |
| $400,000 taxable value | $1,980 |
Formula: taxable value ÷ 1,000 × 4.9500. Actual bills depend on exemptions and taxable value.
How to read your Ocoee TRIM notice
See a simplified sample notice and learn where to find taxable value, the Ocoee tax line, the proposed and adopted City rate, and non ad valorem assessments.
Regional Comparisons
Two measures provide regional context: the City millage rate and full time staffing per 1,000 residents. Ocoee's millage is slightly above the comparison group average, while its staffing ratio is below the peer average.
Millage rate comparison, Ocoee vs. eighteen Central Florida cities
Ocoee's FY2027 budget book is balanced at 4.9500 mills. The 2026 TRIM notices showed 5.2922 mills as the maximum proposed rate; the Commission adopted 4.9500 on September 23, 2026. The comparison below uses the 4.9500 budget basis. The same 18 city comparison set is used in the staffing section below across Orange, Seminole, Lake, Osceola, Volusia and Brevard counties. Voted debt and special district levies are excluded.
Ocoee is 0.0717 mills above the average of the eighteen cities, roughly $21 more per year on a home with $300,000 of taxable value.
FY2027 is the eleventh consecutive year the City has maintained or lowered its millage rate. Ocoee levied 5.6546 mills in FY2018 and 5.5000 in FY2019.
Full time equivalent employees per 1,000 residents, Ocoee vs. peer cities
All eighteen cities in the regional staffing study, using the most recently published comparison data (FY2026). Ocoee is shown at 8.98 FTE per 1,000 residents on that shared comparison basis.
At the peer average of 11.31 FTE per 1,000 residents, a city of 52,935 people would have about 599 positions. Ocoee's FY2027 adopted budget has 454 full time and 50 part time positions.
Counting only authorized full time positions against the current population of 52,935. This is a stricter count than the 8.98 peer study figure, which is on a shared basis across all eighteen cities.
454 full time positions citywide
The adopted budget adds 18 full time positions citywide in FY2027. Fourteen are budgeted in the new Emergency Medical Services enterprise fund. The budget now presents ambulance operations separately from the General Fund; the Fire Department remains in the General Fund.
Full time positions, FY2026 to FY2027 adopted
Each bar shows the FY2027 count as a share of 454 City positions. The numbers beside it show the change from FY2026.
Part time positions rise from 47 to 50, including 6 part time paramedics. Elected officials are not counted.
Historical staffing context
Selected FY2027 projects and equipment
These examples show selected projects and equipment across transportation, utilities, parks and public safety. They are not a complete capital improvement schedule.
Includes Crown Point Parkway extension, Pine Street right of way, Downtown Rail Trail and signal mast arms.
Includes South Bluford Complete Street and Old Winter Garden Road extension work.
Includes Bluford Streetscape Phase 2 sewer work and equipment replacement.
Includes Lake Apopka Waterside Park and other park/facility improvements.
Watermain and annual line replacement work.
Radios, shelving and four marked vehicle replacements.
New transport ambulance and stretcher.
LUCAS systems, rescue tools, radios and vehicle replacement.
What the FY2027 numbers say, and what they do not
A simple reserve measure would belong here, but Ocoee's adopted budget does not present a directly comparable unassigned General Fund reserve series, so this page does not invent one.
Beginning General Fund cash
This is the FY2027 budgeted beginning cash balance. It should not be described as equivalent to an unassigned fund balance reserve metric.
Activity shifted from the General Fund
EMS and Building enterprise fund restructuring explains a significant portion of the FY2027 General Fund decline.
Utility credit context
Fitch affirmed AAA on Ocoee's Water and Sewer System Revenue and Refunding Bonds, Series 2016, in July 2026.
FY2027 summary
Source basis
The page uses Ocoee's own budget books for the financial and staffing figures. Regional millage uses the FY2027 municipal proposed/recommended/tentative budget sources collected for this Tax Facts project.
| Topic | Primary source basis | Use on this page |
|---|---|---|
| FY2027 Citywide and General Fund | City of Ocoee FY2027 Adopted Budget | Fund totals, revenue, spending, staffing, capital, millage |
| Historical General Fund | Ocoee adopted budget books FY2017-18 through FY2026 | Published historical and adopted values |
| Staffing history | Ocoee staffing plans in adopted/proposed budget books | Citywide full time position context |
| Regional millage | FY2027 proposed/recommended/tentative city budgets | Context only; not a total tax burden ranking |