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Comprehensive Plan Capital Improvements Element <br />• Enterprise Funds <br />Within govermnental entities, various departments often exist that provide goods and services to the <br />public in a manner similar to the private sector. Such departments, classed under the general title <br />`enterprise funds," must raise revenues from outside the government sector. Enterprise departments <br />assess a fee to the customer using the goods or services provided by that department. In Indian River <br />County, the Utility System, Solid Waste Disposal District, Golf Course, and Building Division are <br />enterprises. <br />Table 6.1 shows that enterprise fund revenue represented 15.96% of Indian River County's total <br />source of fields for FY 2006/07. Figure 6.2 displays the enterprise fund revenue collected by Indian <br />River County over the last six fiscal years. Over that time period, enterprise fund revenue increased <br />32.64%. <br />• User Fees and Charges <br />User fees and charges represent revenue received by the county for providing various general <br />services. User fees and charges are necessary <br />because taxes alone cannot totally keep up <br />with the increasing costs of services. This <br />category includes fees collected by the Tax <br />Collector's Office, the Clerk of the Circuit <br />Court, the Property Appraiser's Office, the <br />Sheriff's Department, and the Recreation and <br />Parks Department. This category also <br />includes other miscellaneous user fees <br />charged by the county for general services not <br />financed by other fund sources. h1 FY <br />2006/07, user fees and charges represented <br />6.58% of all funds collected by Indian River <br />County. <br />Figure 6.3 displays user fees and charges <br />collected by Indian River County over the last <br />six fiscal years. Over that time period, <br />revenue from user fees and charges has <br />varied, but overall increased 67.12%. <br />Figure 6.3: User Fees and Charges <br />$20,000 <br />$18,000 <br />$16,000 <br />$14,000 <br />$12,000 <br />$101000 <br />$8,000 <br />$6,000 <br />$4,000 <br />$2,000 <br />$ <br />2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 <br />Revenue (in thousands) <br />Source: Indian River County Finance Department <br />Community Development Department <br />Supplement #13; Adopted November 18, 2008, Ordinance 2008-018 <br />Indian River County <br />4 <br />