How Titusville is run
Who runs Titusville, 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 Titusville's own public documents. Every number links to its source and says which year it describes. Checked Oct 9, 2026.
Who runs Titusville
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
- 16 weeks' severance pay if terminated (the council cut it from the 20 weeks in the draft)
- City retirement contributions for council members: $1,122 (FY2027 proposed)
- Council travel budget cut from $25,000 to $15,000 at the August 2026 budget workshop
Titusville city staff
596 full-time-equivalent positions, including Police 160, Fire and emergency services 87. FY2026-27. City of Titusville · Jul 8, 2026
Florida has no statewide pay database. The budget lists positions by department, and a July 2025 council presentation showed pay ranges by bargaining unit, but we found no posted pay list by position. We name pay only for elected officials and the city manager.
Is Titusville 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 FY2027 general fund budget draws $3,310,164 from fund balance, including $2,195,164 of unassigned reserves. In August 2026 the city manager said the budget was balanced at the rolled-back tax rate. We found no multi-year general fund forecast in the budget documents. City of Titusville · Jul 8, 2026
Savings against the city's own target
Unassigned general fund balance: $8.7M (2025-09-30). The city's own target: Keep a committed stabilization reserve of at least 60 days of budgeted operating spending ($8,761,186) for severe downturns or major disasters. It is separate from the unassigned balance and held that amount on Sept. 30, 2025. City of Titusville · Mar 17, 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$24.6M · 38%
- Utility taxes and franchise fees$12.5M · 19%
- Charges for services (mostly administrative fees from city utilities)$10M · 15%
- State and federal shared revenue and grants$9.9M · 15%
- From savings (fund balance)$3.3M · 5%
- Transfer from water and sewer fund$2.2M · 3%
- Equipment financing proceeds and miscellaneous$1.1M · 2%
- Other (licenses, fines, interest)$985,280 · 2%
Goes to (FY2026-27)
- Police$20.1M · 31%
- Non-departmental (IT charges, debt payments, capital, CRA tax increment)$14.3M · 22%
- Fire and emergency services$11.4M · 18%
- Public works (roads and streets, facilities, traffic signals)$7.6M · 12%
- Support services (finance, HR, customer service, purchasing, community relations)$5.4M · 8%
- Community development (planning, development services, neighborhood services, economic development)$2.8M · 4%
- Council, city manager, city attorney and city clerk$2.3M · 3%
- Code enforcement$742,536 · 1%
Your property tax bill: who gets it
These are the rates in the city's audited report for fiscal year 2025. For FY2026-27 the city set its operating rate at 6.0812 mills, equal to the rolled-back rate.
39¢
of each property-tax dollar goes to the city of Titusville
- City of Titusville (operating)6.5817 · 38%
- Brevard County schools6.311 · 36%
- Brevard CountyIncludes the county general fund, recreation district and library district4.2397 · 24%
- City of Titusville (debt service)0.1936 · 1%
- Regional districtsFlorida Inland Navigation District and St. Johns River Water Management District0.2081 · 1%
- Total (mills)17.5341
FY2024-25 rates for a home in the city of Titusville (Brevard County). City of Titusville · Mar 17, 2026
See what a Titusville home costs each year, line by line →Who provides your services
Not everything in Titusville is run by the city. Who provides a service decides whose budget pays for it and whose election decides it.
- PoliceThe cityTitusville Police DepartmentCity of Titusville · Mar 17, 2026
- FireThe cityTitusville Fire & Emergency ServicesCity of Titusville · Mar 17, 2026
- Water and sewerThe cityCity of TitusvilleCity of Titusville · Mar 17, 2026
- Trash and recyclingThe cityCity of Titusville Solid WasteCity of Titusville · Mar 17, 2026
- StormwaterThe cityCity of Titusville Stormwater UtilityCity of Titusville · Mar 17, 2026
- City streetsThe cityCity of Titusville Public WorksCity of Titusville · Jul 8, 2026
- LibraryThe countyNorth Brevard Library District (a dependent district of Brevard County)The city appoints five of seven board members; the county funds itCity of Titusville · Mar 17, 2026
- HospitalSeparate districtNorth Brevard Hospital DistrictCity of Titusville · Mar 17, 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 | Altamonte SpringsFL | Coral GablesFL | ClermontFL | TitusvilleFL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | 47,609 | 50,853 | 51,042 | 51,158 |
| Top administrator's base pay | Not confirmed | $316,011 | $192,004 | Not confirmed |
| Council member pay | Not confirmed | $40,794 | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| General fund per resident | $1,177 | $5,004 | $1,397 | $1,263 |
| Debt per resident | $0 | $1,958 | $1,144 | $445 |
| Unfunded pension per resident | $44 | $2,680 | $-182 | $286 |
| City staff per 1,000 residents | 9.6 | 18.8 | 9.1 | 11.7 |
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).
What Titusville publishes
What a resident can find online today. A "no" is something you can ask the council to publish.
- Yes: Audited financial report filed on timeFY2025 audit dated March 17, 2026, posted on the Florida Auditor General site, before the June 30, 2026 deadline. Florida Auditor General
- Partly: Adopted budget posted online City of Titusville
- No: City manager's contract findable onlineThe council approved the agreement on Aug. 12, 2025. We did not find the agreement on the city site or in its meeting portal. City of Titusville
- Yes: Council votes recorded member by member onlineMinutes list each member's roll call vote, e.g. the 3-0 tentative budget votes on Sept. 9, 2026. City of Titusville
- No: Employee pay publishedWe found no posted pay list by position. Florida has no statewide database. A July 2025 council presentation showed pay ranges by bargaining unit. City of Titusville
Questions to ask your council
- The FY2027 general fund budget draws $3,310,164 from fund balance, including $2,195,164 of unassigned reserves. How will the city keep unassigned reserves, $8.7 million in September 2025, from shrinking further?
- Retiree health benefits carry a $28.7 million liability on top of $14.6 million in net pension liability. What is the plan to fund them?
The fiscal year starts Oct. 1. The city manager's proposed budget came out in July, the council held workshops on Aug. 4 and Aug. 20, the first public hearing on Sept. 9, and the final hearing on Sept. 21, 2026, where it adopted the FY2027 budget and a 6.0812 mill operating rate. See who is running for council
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