Final Municipal Budget and Tax Rate Vote Tonight
Palm Beach Gardens, FL · September 24, 2026
If you usually do laps at the Burns Road pool, adjust your swim bag: the complex runs a tight two-hour window this morning before shutting down at noon. Plenty of dry ground to cover elsewhere before the sun goes down.
The Lead
Council chambers at City Hall will be the center of civic business this evening as elected leaders convene for their second regular September meeting, highlighted by the final public hearing and adoption vote on the upcoming fiscal year’s municipal budget and property tax millage rate.
The final vote on Ordinance 18-2026 comes two weeks after council members unanimously backed the preliminary spending plan on first reading. Tonight’s hearing formally locks in operational funding, capital project priorities, and department allocations ahead of the October 1 start of the new fiscal year. Beyond the balance sheet, the dais will also take up several development petitions deferred from earlier this month, including land-use proposals along Howell Lane. The session convenes at 6:00 PM inside council chambers, followed by open public comment from the floor.
Local Pulse
Burns Road Aquatic Complex Shortens Thursday Hours Parks Swimmers must finish morning laps by noon today before maintenance crews temporarily shut the pool facility down.
Police Clarify Automated License Plate Reader Policies Safety Department leaders published new privacy details showing how roadside automated cameras scan passing traffic to flag stolen vehicles.
World Market Welcomes First Shoppers Friday Business The international home goods retailer opens its 19,300-square-foot showroom tomorrow morning at Prosperity Centre on PGA Boulevard.
Today's Outlook
- High 86°F · Low 75°F — Rain showers (33% chance of precipitation)
- Keep an umbrella handy this afternoon in case a passing shower interrupts your plans.
What's On Around Town
Today
Hispanic Heritage Waterfront Concert Centennial Square & Great Lawn (100 N Clematis St), West Palm Beach, 6:00–9:00 PM · Free Live salsa orchestra, food stalls, and domino tables along the Intracoastal.
Live Bluefin Tuna Cutting Sushi by Bou (400 Ave of the Champions), 9:00–11:00 PM · $150 Expert chefs slice fresh tuna paired with craft sake and nigiri.
Tomorrow
- World Market Grand Opening Prosperity Centre (2420 PGA Blvd), 9:45 AM–8:00 PM · Free
- Give Like Dolly Shopping Benefit The Gardens Mall (3101 PGA Blvd), 4:00–6:00 PM
- Sunset Market The Market (1432 Cypress Dr), Jupiter, 6:00–9:00 PM · Free
Saturday
- Junior Drop-In Golf Clinic Sandhill Crane Golf Club (9900 Sandhill Crane Dr), 9:00–10:00 AM
- Downtown Artisan Market Downtown Palm Beach Gardens (11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Ave), Noon–6:00 PM · Free
- The Dinner Detective Mystery Show DoubleTree by Hilton (4431 PGA Blvd), 6:00–9:00 PM · Paid
Spotlight & Story
- Herbert A. Pecht
- When Herbert A. Pecht became the city’s very first police chief in 1966, his official weekly salary was exactly $130. By 1968, his department patrolled forty miles of rural roads with three air-conditioned cruisers, working from a modest Meridian Way storefront.
Palm Beach Gardens Daily Digest — compiled from local sources as of 6 AM. For breaking updates, follow your local newsrooms.
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