How Coral Springs is run
Who runs Coral Springs, what it costs, and where your money goes
The city manager, council pay, the budget, your property tax bill and who provides each service, from Coral Springs's own public documents. Every number links to its source and says which year it describes. Checked Oct 9, 2026.
Who runs Coral Springs
A city manager hired by the council runs the city day to day. The council sets policy, adopts the budget and sets the tax rate.
What they are paid
- $600 a month car allowance
- $10,000 a year bonus for earning and keeping the ICMA credentialed manager certification
Coral Springs city staff
959 full-time-equivalent positions, including Police 338, Fire and EMS 216. FY2025. City of Coral Springs · Apr 10, 2026
Florida has no statewide pay database, and we found no city-published list of pay by position. The budget lists positions by department. We name pay only for elected officials and the city manager.
Is Coral Springs in the red?
Cities must pass a balanced budget, so "profit" and "deficit" mean something different here. The useful questions: does the city's everyday money (the general fund) cover its everyday costs, how much does it keep in savings compared with its own target, and how big are its pension and debt bills.
Savings
Unassigned general fund balance: $2.3M (2025-09-30). City of Coral Springs · Apr 10, 2026
Why we skip the "budgeted deficit": many cities plan to dip into savings, then spend less than planned. The audited result tells you what really happened.
Where the money comes from and goes
The general fund only: the city's everyday money for FY2026-27.
Comes from
- Property taxes$96.5M · 48%
- Charges for services$36.6M · 18%
- Utility service taxes$15.6M · 8%
- Intergovernmental (state shared revenue and other)$13.3M · 7%
- Franchise fees$12.2M · 6%
- Half-cent sales tax$10M · 5%
- Licenses and permits$6.1M · 3%
- Other (fines, solid waste assessment, interest and rents, other)$11.4M · 6%
Goes to (FY2026-27)
- Police$75.7M · 38%
- Non-departmental (transfers, debt service, citywide costs)$28.4M · 14%
- Parks and recreation$20.7M · 10%
- Fire and EMS (general fund share)$20M · 10%
- Public works$9.5M · 5%
- City manager's office$9.4M · 5%
- Information technology$9M · 4%
- Other (development services, building, arts, finance, HR, legal, commission)$28.9M · 14%
Your property tax bill: who gets it
Of each property-tax dollar a Coral Springs homeowner pays, about 31 cents goes to the city. Some neighborhoods also pay a separate drainage or water district assessment that is not part of this table.
31¢
of each property-tax dollar goes to the city of Coral Springs
- Broward County School Board (operating)State-required plus local board rates6.294 · 31%
- City of Coral Springs (operating)6.0232 · 30%
- Broward County5.6628 · 28%
- North Broward Hospital District1.2391 · 6%
- Children's Services Council0.45 · 2%
- South Florida Water Management District0.2301 · 1%
- Broward County School Board (voter-approved debt)0.1587 · <1%
- City of Coral Springs (voter-approved debt)0.1581 · <1%
- Florida Inland Navigation District0.027 · <1%
- Total (mills)20.243
2026 tax year (FY2026-27) rates for a home in the city of Coral Springs (Broward County). Broward County Property Appraiser · Oct 1, 2026
See what a Coral Springs home costs each year, line by line →Who provides your services
Not everything in Coral Springs is run by the city. Who provides a service decides whose budget pays for it and whose election decides it.
- PoliceThe cityCoral Springs Police DepartmentCity of Coral Springs · Apr 10, 2026
- StormwaterThe cityCity of Coral Springs Stormwater FundCity of Coral Springs · Apr 10, 2026
- Trash and recyclingContractorCoastal Waste and Recycling of Florida (city contract)Exclusive residential hauler since October 2024.City of Coral Springs
- Charter schoolThe cityCoral Springs Charter School (city-run)City of Coral Springs · Apr 10, 2026
- Parks and recreationThe cityCoral Springs Parks and RecreationCity of Coral Springs
- StreetsThe cityCoral Springs Public WorksCity of Coral Springs
Compared with similar cities
The cities in this state closest in population that we cover. Read it for scale, not as a ranking: cities provide different services.
| Per city | Miami GardensFL | ClearwaterFL | Coral SpringsFL | HollywoodFL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | 116,192 | 118,327 | 136,062 | 156,997 |
| Top administrator's base pay | Not confirmed | $301,220 | $290,000 | $294,299 |
| Council member pay | $55,000 | $45,000 | Not confirmed | $70,000 |
| General fund per resident | $1,080 | $1,941 | $1,482 | $2,778 |
| Debt per resident | $741 | $1,236 | $516 | $2,734 |
| Unfunded pension per resident | $572 | $-1,458 | $224 | $3,503 |
| City staff per 1,000 residents | 6.1 | 16.1 | 7.0 | 9.4 |
Figures as shown in each city's section, divided by its population. Years differ by state, and pension figures are measured differently in each state (each city page says how).
What Coral Springs publishes
What a resident can find online today. A "no" is something you can ask the council to publish.
- No: City manager's contract findable onlineThe Dec. 4, 2024 agenda item had no contract attached. Its terms became public when a news outlet obtained it through a records request. City of Coral Springs · Dec 4, 2024
- No: Employee pay publishedThe budget lists position counts by department but not pay. Florida has no statewide public pay database. City of Coral Springs
Questions to ask your council
- The police officers' pension plan was 89.3% funded with a $41.7 million shortfall, while the fire and general employees' plans held more than their liabilities. What is the schedule for closing the police plan's gap?
The fiscal year starts Oct. 1. The city manager presented the FY2027 budget and the commission set the tentative tax rate on July 2, 2026. The first public hearing was Sept. 15, and the commission adopted the FY2027 budget and tax rate on Sept. 23, 2026. See who is running for council
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