Donna Deegan

Jacksonville Council Passes $2B Budget, Restores $4.9M Affordable Housing Trust

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Jacksonville affordable housing budget restored as City Council passes FY27 plan

By Mike Joe JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, approved a roughly $2 billion fiscal year 2027 budget on an 18-1 vote and restored $4.9 million to an affordable housing trust fund that the Finance Committee had earlier stripped, according to Jacksonville Today reporting by Mike Mendenhall published Sept. 23, … Read more

Jacksonville Council Votes Tuesday on Record FY27 Budget as Amendment 3 Looms

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Jacksonville City Council budget vote on FY27 plan as Amendment 3 looms

  Jacksonville budget vote: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville City Council is scheduled to take a final vote Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, on Mayor Donna Deegan’s roughly $2.02 billion (and larger than $2 billion) fiscal year 2027 budget, described in local coverage as the largest in city history. The vote lands one day after a final … Read more