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How North Miami Beach is run

Who runs North Miami 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 North Miami Beach's own public documents. Every number links to its source and says which year it describes. Checked Oct 9, 2026.

Who runs North Miami 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.

City of North Miami Beach · Sep 24, 2026

What they are paid

City manager Darvin Williams: base pay$260,0002026-02-03. The commission set the salary at $260,000 by a 4-3 vote on Feb. 2, 2026. The contract allows cost-of-living raises starting Oct. 1, 2026. The posted draft agreement leaves the salary blank. City of North Miami Beach · Feb 2, 2026
In the contract
  • Severance if fired without cause: 15 weeks' salary and benefits in the first year, 20 weeks after
  • City pays 18% of base salary toward retirement instead of the city management pension
  • $1,000 a month car allowance
  • $150 a month phone allowance or a city phone
  • City-paid health, dental and vision coverage for himself, plus $200,000 of term life insurance
  • Up to $2,500 a year for foreign language training
A council memberNot confirmedFY2026-27. City of North Miami Beach · Aug 20, 2026
The mayorNot confirmedFY2026-27. Not confirmed. The budget shows only a combined compensation line for the mayor and commission office. City of North Miami Beach · Aug 20, 2026
Council benefits
  • Mayor and commission operating budget: $144,750 (FY2027 proposed)
  • Mayor and commission contingency budget: $104,500 (FY2027 proposed)

North Miami Beach city staff

473 full-time-equivalent positions, including Police 142, Water and sewer utility 92. FY2026-27. Budgeted positions for FY2027, down from 516 in the FY2026 adopted budget. City of North Miami Beach · Sep 24, 2026

Florida has no statewide pay database. The budget lists positions by department but no salaries; the city manager's salary was set in a public vote. We name pay only for elected officials and the city manager.

Is North Miami 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.

General fund, FY2026-27$78.6MOut of $195M across all city funds, which includes utilities and other money that can only be spent on one thing. City of North Miami Beach · Sep 24, 2026
Savings grew, FY2025 (audited)+$1.6MGeneral fund revenue $65.5M, spending $82.2M. Spent $16.7M more than it took in, partly because of a $9.0M lawsuit settlement with Miami Gardens. Transfers in from other funds ($20.0M, less $2.8M out) covered the gap, and the fund balance rose $1.6M. City of North Miami Beach · Jun 30, 2026

Savings against the city's own target

Unassigned general fund balance: $32.3M (2025-09-30). The city's own target: Keep unassigned general fund balance of at least 20% of the general fund budget as originally adopted (Resolution R2024-64, May 2024). City of North Miami Beach · Jun 30, 2026

Pension promises not yet funded$83.8MNet pension liability from the city's audited report: General Employees plan $37.6M (72.23% funded), Police Officers and Firefighters plan $46.1M (72.96% funded), Florida Retirement System share $60,524 and retiree health subsidy $6,241. The General Management plan shows an $864,798 surplus, not counted in the total. (2025-09-30). City of North Miami Beach · Jun 30, 2026
Debt owed$180M2025-09-30. City of North Miami Beach · Jun 30, 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$34.8M · 44%
  • Permits, fees and special assessments$13.5M · 17%
  • Transfers in from other funds$9.7M · 12%
  • Other taxes (utility, communications, franchise)$9M · 11%
  • State and other governments$7.1M · 9%
  • Other (charges for services, fines, miscellaneous)$4.5M · 6%

City of North Miami Beach · Sep 24, 2026

Goes to (FY2026-27)

  • Police$31.1M · 40%
  • Non-departmental (mainly transfers to other funds)$15.6M · 20%
  • Public works$8.3M · 11%
  • Parks and recreation$6.6M · 8%
  • City manager's office$2.6M · 3%
  • Finance$2.6M · 3%
  • Library$2M · 3%
  • Other offices (attorney, clerk, commission, code compliance, communications, community development, HR, housing, procurement)$9.8M · 12%

City of North Miami Beach · Sep 24, 2026

Your property tax bill: who gets it

Of each property-tax dollar a North Miami Beach homeowner pays, about 30 cents goes to the city. The city runs its own library, so the county library levy does not apply. For FY2026-27 the city kept its operating rate at 6.1000 mills, 5.61% above the rolled-back rate, and set its debt rate at 0.1926.

30¢

of each property-tax dollar goes to the city of North Miami Beach

  • City of North Miami Beach (operating)6.1 · 29%
  • Miami-Dade County School BoardOperating 5.4990, voter-approved operating 1.0000, debt 0.13406.633 · 32%
  • Miami-Dade CountyOperating 4.5740 plus debt 0.41714.9911 · 24%
  • Miami-Dade Fire Rescue district2.3965 · 11%
  • The Children's Trust0.4638 · 2%
  • South Florida Water Management District (incl. Everglades and Okeechobee Basin levies)0.2301 · 1%
  • City of North Miami Beach (voter-approved debt)0.2 · <1%
  • Florida Inland Navigation District0.027 · <1%
  • Total (mills)21.0415

2025 tax year (FY2025-26) rates for a home in the city of North Miami Beach (Miami-Dade County). Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

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Who provides your services

Not everything in North Miami Beach is run by the city. Who provides a service decides whose budget pays for it and whose election decides it.

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.

North Miami BeachFLNorth LauderdaleFLCutler BayFLOrmond BeachFL
Residents44,36544,88845,36145,723
Top administrator's base pay$260,000$230,000$366,097Not current (2022)
Council member payNot confirmedNot confirmed$11,224Not confirmed
General fund per resident$1,773$1,208$678$1,164
Debt per resident$4,066$0$544$649
Unfunded pension per resident$1,888$212$97$271
City staff per 1,000 residents10.76.50.98.7

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). North Miami Beach and North Lauderdale and Cutler Bay pays another agency for police or fire, so its own staff count is lower.

What North Miami Beach publishes

What a resident can find online today. A "no" is something you can ask the council to publish.

Questions to ask your council

  1. The general employees' and police and firefighters' pension plans were each about 72% funded, with an $83.8 million net pension liability. What is the plan to close that gap?
  2. City bonds, notes and loans totaled $180.4 million on September 30, 2025, most of it owed by the water and sewer utility. How will water and sewer rates change to repay it?

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