Mayors Office

Message from the Mayor's Office

Fiscal Year 2022/2023 Annual Budget Message

     I am pleased to present a fiscally balanced budget to City Council.  The city budget is a fiscal plan setting out anticipated revenues and expenditures which guide the services and policies we implement during the fiscal year. It lays the groundwork for our community’s goals and accomplishments while we remain debt-free.   

     We are coming out of a couple of years of the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting effects on the economy.    During this time period, Edgewood has kept essential services, such as police, roads and waste management at the expected level of service.  

     City Council, city staff and I examine the budget line-by-line every year.  We are working toward a budget that does not raise tax rates, and we continue to cut waste and pare down costs wherever possible.   Edgewood will continue to be fiscally responsible, maintain our debt-free status, and practice fiscal conservatism.

    Please look at the website calendar and participate in the process of your government by attending budget workshops and budget hearings.  Dates and times are posted on the city’s website at https://edgewood-fl.gov/calendar. 

Sincerely,
                                                                                                          
John Dowless
Mayor