How Hallandale Beach is run
Who runs Hallandale Beach, 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 Hallandale Beach's own public documents. Every number links to its source and says which year it describes. Checked Oct 10, 2026.
Who runs Hallandale Beach
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
- 20 weeks' base salary as severance if removed without cause, plus 9 months of family medical coverage
- $10,000 a year extra as executive director of the Community Redevelopment Agency
- $500 a month car allowance
- 296 hours of paid time off a year (2025 amendment)
- One-time $40,000 longevity payment after Aug. 6, 2025 (2025 amendment)
- City contributes to a 401(a) retirement plan and FICA on elected officials' pay
Hallandale Beach city staff
492 full-time-equivalent positions. FY2025. Budgeted full-time positions. City firefighters became Broward Sheriff's Office employees on Jan. 1, 2020, so fire rescue staff are not counted. City of Hallandale Beach · Mar 31, 2026
Florida has no statewide pay database, and we found no city-published pay list by position. Commission resolutions state the salaries of elected officials and the city clerk. We name pay only for elected officials and the city manager.
Is Hallandale Beach 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.
The city's own outlook
The city's five-year plan balances FY2027 but projects general fund shortfalls of $4.7M in FY2029, $5.8M in FY2030 and $9.0M in FY2031, assuming larger state homestead exemptions. Unassigned reserves would fall to $25.7M (19.8%) by FY2031. City of Hallandale Beach · Sep 28, 2026
Savings against the city's own target
Unassigned general fund balance: $42M (2025-09-30). The city's own target: Keep unassigned general fund balance of at least 16% of the next year's budgeted general fund spending, about two months of operations. The city meets this target. City of Hallandale Beach · Mar 31, 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$69M · 53%
- Fire assessments$13.7M · 11%
- Utility and franchise taxes$12.8M · 10%
- Charges for services$11.4M · 9%
- State and other governments$6.7M · 5%
- Community Redevelopment Agency contribution for Chaves Lake (one-time)$6M · 5%
- Other$10.2M · 8%
Goes to (FY2026-27)
- Salaries and benefits (excluding health insurance and police and fire pension)$43M · 33%
- Broward Sheriff's Office fire rescue contract$22.3M · 17%
- Property-tax payment to the Community Redevelopment Agency$18M · 14%
- Police and fire pension$11M · 9%
- Transfer to capital projects$6.6M · 5%
- Transfers to transportation, renewal and liability funds$7M · 5%
- Health insurance$4.6M · 4%
- Other$17.2M · 13%
Your property tax bill: who gets it
Of each property-tax dollar a Hallandale Beach homeowner pays, about 37 cents goes to the city. Homes in the Golden Isles (1.0934 mills) and Three Islands (0.4584 mills) safe neighborhood districts pay an extra levy.
37¢
of each property-tax dollar goes to the city of Hallandale Beach
- City of Hallandale Beach (operating)7.3189 · 36%
- Broward County School Board (operating)6.294 · 31%
- Broward County5.6628 · 28%
- Children's Services Council0.45 · 2%
- City of Hallandale Beach (voter-approved debt)0.3437 · 2%
- South Florida Water Management District0.2301 · 1%
- Broward County School Board (voter-approved debt)0.1587 · <1%
- South Broward Hospital District0.0805 · <1%
- Florida Inland Navigation District0.027 · <1%
- Total (mills)20.5657
2026 tax year (FY2026-27) rates for a home in the City of Hallandale Beach (Broward County). Broward County Property Appraiser · Oct 1, 2026
See what a Hallandale Beach home costs each year, line by line →Who provides your services
Not everything in Hallandale Beach is run by the city. Who provides a service decides whose budget pays for it and whose election decides it.
- PoliceThe cityHallandale Beach Police DepartmentCity of Hallandale Beach · Mar 31, 2026
- Water and sewerThe cityCity of Hallandale Beach Public WorksCity of Hallandale Beach · Mar 31, 2026
- StormwaterThe cityCity of Hallandale Beach Public WorksCity of Hallandale Beach · Mar 31, 2026
- City streetsThe cityCity of Hallandale Beach Public WorksCity of Hallandale Beach · Mar 31, 2026
- CemeteryThe cityCity of Hallandale Beach Public WorksCity of Hallandale Beach · Mar 31, 2026
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 | Winter SpringsFL | AventuraFL | Hallandale BeachFL | North Miami BeachFL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | 39,170 | 40,171 | 41,819 | 44,365 |
| Top administrator's base pay | $225,000 | $237,500 | Not current (2021) | $260,000 |
| Council member pay | Not confirmed | $7,500 | $48,001 | Not confirmed |
| General fund per resident | $689 | $1,416 | $3,104 | $1,773 |
| Debt per resident | $522 | $274 | $3,062 | $4,066 |
| Unfunded pension per resident | $-107 | $308 | $1,399 | $1,888 |
| City staff per 1,000 residents | 5.1 | 5.0 | 11.8 | 10.7 |
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). Aventura and North Miami Beach pays another agency for police or fire, so its own staff count is lower.
What Hallandale Beach publishes
What a resident can find online today. A "no" is something you can ask the council to publish.
- Yes: City manager's contract findable online City of Hallandale Beach
- Yes: Council pay stated in a public documentCommission resolutions and a salary history state the dollar amount, most recently a proposed $70,000 for FY2026-27. City of Hallandale Beach
- No: Employee pay publishedWe found no city-published pay list by position. Florida has no statewide database. Resolutions state elected officials' and the clerk's pay. City of Hallandale Beach
Questions to ask your council
- The five-year plan projects general fund shortfalls of $4.7 million in FY2028-29 growing to $9.0 million in FY2030-31. Which spending or revenue changes will close them?
- The general fund pays the Community Redevelopment Agency $18.0 million in FY2026-27, and the plan shows no payment after that. What happens to the agency's projects and debt when it ends?
- Unassigned reserves were $42.0 million on Sept. 30, 2025. How much does the commission plan to keep above its 16% minimum?
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