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Jacksonville has to find $300 million a year. Debt, pension and other obligations are fixed by contract, so they are off the table. Everything else is a choice, including public safety. Make the cuts you would be willing to defend, and watch what it takes.

Still to find $300M of $300M
From public safety: $0M
From quality of life: $0M
Move any slider to start cutting. The two buttons below show you two ways to get all the way there.
Fixed by contract, not a yearly choice

Debt, Pension and Other Obligations

Debt service, unfunded pension obligations, and interlocal agreements with Baldwin and the Beaches

$503M
Everything that is a choice: $1,525M
About the service descriptions: the consequence shown next to each slider is illustrative. It indicates the general severity of a cut at that scale, not a specific published plan. Dollar figures are from the City of Jacksonville’s proposed FY26-27 budget, which the City Council had not yet adopted.

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