Village of Key Biscayne

What Village of Key Biscayne does

The Village of Key Biscayne is an incorporated municipal government serving the island community of Key Biscayne in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was incorporated in 1991 and operates with approximately 59 full-time staff delivering core local-government services including police, fire rescue, public works, building and permitting, parks and recreation, and solid waste collection to the island's residents, businesses, and visitors. The Village functions as a general-purpose municipal authority with statutory responsibility for land-use regulation, public safety, and infrastructure within its jurisdictional boundaries.

Its service delivery is built on a mix of in-house operations and contracted professional services. The Village contracts with engineering firms such as Kimley-Horn for major capital planning (including a long-running utility undergrounding program) and partners with Miami Waterkeeper and the Florida Department of Health for beach water quality monitoring. Its citizen-facing technology stack includes Accela for permitting, an in-house "VKB 311" request platform, ClearGov for budget transparency, and Laserfiche for records management, representing a recent push to digitize permitting and resident interaction. The 2026 launch of the "Elevating Our Island Paradise" Resilience and Infrastructure Asset Program (RIAP) marks a multi-year expansion of capital investment in infrastructure resilience.

The Village's revenue model is the standard Florida municipal model: a combination of ad valorem property taxes, franchise fees, utility and sanitation charges, intergovernmental transfers, and building and permitting fees. Because the island is a built-out, affluent residential community with limited vacant land, the property tax base is the dominant revenue source and is structurally stable. Recent strategic actions (hiring a Chief Resilience and Sustainability Officer, adopting a fertilizer ordinance, and committing to multi-year capital programs) indicate the Village is expanding the scope of services it delivers, particularly in climate resilience and environmental protection, while continuing to operate within the fiscal constraints of a small municipal government.

Name

Village of Key Biscayne

Legal name

Village of Key Biscayne

Website

https://keybiscayne.fl.gov

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Village of Key Biscayne is a municipal government in Miami-Dade County, Florida, providing police, fire rescue, public works, permitting, and parks services to island residents, businesses, and visitors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Fire Protection (922160), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities) (BPAIACAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Housing & Neighborhood Services (Local Housing Programs) (BPAIACAJ)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Public safety services
• Parks and recreation programs
• Building permits and zoning
• Coastal resilience infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Key Biscayne

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Village of Key Biscayne is a municipal government that delivers core local-government services to residents and businesses of Key Biscayne island, including police and fire rescue, public works and infrastructure maintenance, building/zoning permits, business licensing, code compliance, parks and recreation programs, emergency management, beach and stormwater management, and community events. Digital channels (Accela, ClearGov, Laserfiche, VKB 311 app) are used to make these services accessible, while the multi-year 'Elevating Our Island Paradise' program funds flood control, beach renourishment, and utility undergrounding.

Product overview

The Village of Key Biscayne operates as a municipal government providing comprehensive public services to residents. The core offering is a suite of government services organized into departments: Government (council, clerk, attorney, manager), Services (public works, police, fire rescue, permitting, code compliance, emergency management, finance, human resources), Parks & Recreation (community center, athletics, special events, youth/senior programs), and Uniquely KB initiatives. The flagship 'Elevating Our Island Paradise' program addresses island-wide resilience through flood control, beach preservation, stormwater infrastructure, and utility undergrounding projects. Digital services include the VKB 311 app, online permitting via Accela, financial transparency via ClearGov, and document management via Laserfiche. Community programs include annual events, passport services, beach monitoring, and kiteboarding registration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Building, Zoning and Planning Permitting Online building, zoning, and planning permit application intake and tracking via the Accela platform, plus lien search requests, for property owners, contractors, and developers operating within the Village.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 100 traffic citations issued in June 2024 for roadway safety violations

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Miami WaterkeepercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWeekly water sample collection and bacteria analysis partnership. Village collaborates with Miami Waterkeeper for complementary water quality monitoring at Key Biscayne Yacht Club, Mariner Drive, and Public Beach Access near Silver Sands Beach Resort. Miami Waterkeeper resamples and reanalyzes water at any site exceeding bacteria threshold until levels are safe.
• Florida Department of HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFDOH conducts weekly beach water sampling at four Village locations: Crandon Park North, Crandon Park South, Key Biscayne Beach Club, and Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park. Testing ensures beach safety compliance.
• Moffatt and NicholcoreTechnology or IntegrationVillage's long-time beach management consultant. Developed and implemented the Village's beach management plan for seaweed and seagrass control, including deep burial methods.
• Miami-Dade Sheriff's OfficeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for targeted enforcement and education on Rickenbacker Causeway, particularly during peak morning cycling hours to address community concerns about large cycling pelotons.
• Key Biscayne Chamber of CommerceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-sponsorship of Winterfest family event. The Village co-sponsors this two-day family event with the Chamber of Commerce.
• University of MiamiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership informing beach management decisions. Research by University of Miami indicated that shallow seaweed integration into the beach was promoting bacterial growth, leading the Village to adopt deep burial methods.
• Kimley-Horn & AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSelected in August 2017 as the engineer for the Village's undergrounding program to relocate overhead utilities (electric, telephone, cable) underground for safety, reliability, and aesthetics.
• Key Biscayne Community FoundationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a community partner organization on the Village's Uniquely KB section for community programs.
• Miami-Dade CountycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty partnership for various services including water and sewer, hurricane preparedness, Rickenbacker Causeway toll management, and beach access through county parks. Village works with Miami-Dade on stormwater infrastructure and environmental programs.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Town of Jupiter Island: Small, affluent barrier-island municipality in Florida with a comparable resident profile and a focus on environmental stewardship and infrastructure resilience. Directly comparable operating footprint.
• City of Sunny Isles Beach: Coastal Miami-Dade municipality offering comparable public safety, building/zoning, parks, and beach management services. Useful peer for shared beach maintenance and stormwater programming.
• Town of Surfside: Small barrier-island municipality in Miami-Dade County with a similar mix of municipal services, building/zoning focus, and coastal resilience challenges. Useful peer for capital project benchmarking.
• Bal Harbour Village: Small affluent barrier-island municipality in Miami-Dade County providing police, public works, building/zoning, and parks services to a similarly sized coastal community. Directly comparable operating model and resident demographics.
• Town of Bay Harbor Islands: Compact Miami-Dade County island municipality delivering full municipal services including police, public works, and parks. Comparable scale, jurisdiction type, and reliance on county-provided utilities.

Others

• Granicus: Provider of government digital communications, records, and meeting management platforms used by many comparable municipalities; relevant technology peer for benchmarking the Village's digital service stack.
• Accela: Vendor partner providing the Village's online permitting platform; relevant as a technology peer for understanding the digital permitting capability stack the Village operates on.

Broad incumbents

• City of Miami Beach: Larger coastal Florida municipality operating a much broader set of services and infrastructure programs; relevant as an upper-bound peer for resilience investment and beach management scale.
• Miami-Dade County: County government that delivers water/sewer, hurricane preparedness, and causeway services to Key Biscayne. Acts as both an operational dependency and a structural benchmark for municipal service scale.

Regional players

• City of Marco Island: Coastal Florida municipality (Collier County) with similar full-service municipal structure and beach/resilience focus. Comparable on service mix though located in a different Florida region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@villageofkeybiscayne6188
• Facebookfacebook.com/VillageofKeyBiscayneGovernmentSite
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/village-of-key-biscayne
• Instagraminstagram.com/villageofkeybiscayne

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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