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Administrator Baird announced that the Road and Bridge Department showed a proposed
<br />budget of $8,182,474, a 4.63% reduction; Public Works is $527,371, a 23.04% reduction;
<br />County Engineering is $2,381,649, a 19.29% reduction; Traffic Engineering $2,432,773, a
<br />8.88% reduction; Real Estate Acquisition showed zero, and Stormwater $711,681, a 19.47%
<br />increase. The total Transportation Department's proposed budget is $14,235,948, a 8.86%
<br />reduction.
<br />The General and Administrative charges were $1,001,452, a 6.69% reduction; the
<br />Contingency was $303,666, an increase of 223.72%; for a total proposed budget of $16,306,066,
<br />a reduction of 7.10%.
<br />EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT - FIRE RESCUE
<br />Administrator Baird pointed out that the Emergency Services District millage history
<br />reflected 9.7% below rollback, with a proposed rate of 1.7148, and the proposed budget is
<br />$28,501,218, a decrease of 17.1%. He further explained that this is a taxing district which
<br />everyone pays into, except Indian River Shores, and that it is used for emergency services. He
<br />said that Amendment I caused a decrease of $1,433,357, or 5.2%; real estate was down
<br />$1,161,073, a 4.2% decrease; station repairs, replacements and/or upgrades decreased by
<br />$4,084,044; fuel costs increased by about $92,268, or 33.6%; additional positions for Stations 6
<br />and 11 was an annualized cost increase of $229,985; and the OPEB requirement had increased
<br />expenses by $532,685.
<br />The Board briefly discussed the cash balance of the Fire Rescue Capital Expense account,
<br />the various new stations/sites throughout the County, millage rates, and funding for the jail's air
<br />conditioning system.
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