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Winter Park’s fiscal year ends September 30. Here is the CPI and percent change for each fiscal year from 2019 to 2025 (assumed at 2.5% for 2025), and what spending would have been had it increased at the CPI.
| Year Ending 9/30 | Actual CPI Index Values | Year to Year CPI Increase | General Fund Spending at CPI |
| 2019 | 256.759 | $57,722,493 | |
| 2020 | 260.474 | 1.45% | $58,557,669 |
| 2021 | 278.802 | 7.04% | $62,678,023 |
| 2022 | 296.797 | 6.45% | $66,723,514 |
| 2023 | 306.746 | 3.35% | $68,960,168 |
| 2024 | 315.605 | 2.89% | $70,951,777 |
| 2025 | 323.495 | 2.50% | $72,725,572 |
The 2025 City of Winter Park Budget shows fiscal year spending at $82,537,319, nearly $10,000,000 MORE than what was required to keep pace with inflation.