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Ordinance 2026-19 was scheduled for its second reading and final public hearing at the September 22, 2026 City Commission meeting. Read the city's proposed ordinance and the meeting agenda together.
Final reading & public hearing
September 22, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
City Commission regular meeting, Municipal Administration Building, Commission Chambers, 201 W. Central Avenue, Lake Wales, FL 33853. The agenda lists Ordinance 2026-19 under Budget Hearings as the FY 2026–2027 budget’s second reading and public hearing.
From the city’s September 22 agenda packet
Ordinance 2026-19
An ordinance of the City of Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida, ratifying, approving, accepting and adopting the estimates of expenditures for the operation of the several departments of said city, and all necessary and ordinary expenses of said city for the 2026-27 fiscal year, appropriating all funds to be raised and collected from all sources set forth in the estimate of revenues & balances for said fiscal year, and the repealing of all ordinances in conflict with this ordinance; providing for an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED by the City Commission of the City of Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida.
Section 1
That the estimates of expenditures for the payment of all necessary and ordinary and all special extraordinary expenses contemplated for the operation of the several departments of the City of Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida, for the Fiscal Year 2026-27 which are shown in Schedule “B” hereunto attached and made a part of this ordinance by reference, shall be and the same are hereby ratified, approved, confirmed, accepted and adopted as the Budget for the ensuing year.
Section 2
That the said estimates shall be, and are hereby established as fixed appropriations from the revenues to be derived by the City and received by said City from whatever sources as hereinafter provided.
Section 3
That there is hereby appropriated for the payment of several items of expenses, as set forth in the attached schedule of estimate of expenditures for the operating of the several departments of the said Fiscal Year, and for the payment of operating expenses, including floating debts of the said City for the Fiscal Year 2026-27, all ad valorem tax revenues collected. There is also appropriated for the general operating expenses, as designated, all revenues collected from license fees, utility charges, utility taxes, revenue sharing funds, grants, and the sale of City property acquired by tax foreclosure or otherwise all other sources, including delinquent taxes, and revenues collected and received for all past years as set out in each past year's appropriation ordinance.
Section 4
That the anticipated revenue of said City, as shown in Schedule “A” hereto attached and made a part of this ordinance by reference, is hereby appropriated for the several items set forth in the budget and is hereby appropriated proportionately to the amounts as shown, which said amounts are to be appropriated and allocated to the different funds as collected.
Section 5
That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 6
That this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption following public hearings held on September 9, 2026 and September 22, 2026 in accordance with Florida Statute 200.065.
Source: City of Lake Wales, September 22, 2026 City Commission agenda packet, Ordinance 2026-19. Schedules A and B and the certification/signature lines are in the original packet.