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CAPITAL PROJECTS
<br />12:00 p.m.
<br />Director Brown reported the following budget proposals:
<br />• Fund 308 Dodgertown Capital Reserve Fund - $250,000, a decrease of $634,000
<br />• Fund 308 Optional One -Cent Sales Tax - $15,234,306, a decrease of $24,486,893
<br />Chairman O'Bryan asked if there were comments from the public; there were none.
<br />The Chairman called for a recess at 12:02 p.m., and reconvened the meeting at 1:30 p.m. with all members
<br />present.
<br />- AFTERNOON SESSION -
<br />PUBLIC HEARING - SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL DISTRICT (S.W.D.D.)
<br />Clerk's Note: For presentation and Board actions under this item, please refer to the Public Hearing for
<br />the Solid Waste Disposal District (S. W.D.D.) 2014-2015 Budget Workshop minutes, which are prepared
<br />separately.
<br />CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS
<br />1:38 p.m.
<br />Administrator Baird announced the proposed Constitutional Officers' budget as follows:
<br />• Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller Jeffrey R. Smith - $970,779, an increase of $42,890, 4.6%
<br />• Tax Collector Carole Jean Jordan - $1,265,104, same as last year
<br />• Property Appraiser David C. Nolte - $2,620,115, an increase of $79,809, 3.1%
<br />• Sheriff Deryl Loar - $40,638,433, an increase of $810,185, 2.0%
<br />• Sheriff State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) Grant - $0.0, a decrease of $55,721,
<br />100.0%
<br />• Supervisor of Elections Leslie R. Swan - $1,183,335, an increase of $87,655, 8.0%
<br />• Value Adjustment Board - $86,060, same as last year
<br />The proposed total for Constitutional Officers is $46,763,826, an increase of $964,818, 2.1%.
<br />Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller Jeffrey R. Smith thanked the Board for their support, and
<br />commented on the positive relationship between staff, the Board, and his office. He informed the
<br />Board that preliminary steps have been taken to create an Internal Audit Department that will
<br />improve operations and efficiency, and mentioned that he would be coining back to the Board for
<br />approval of the Charter, which capsulizes the purpose, process, communication of results and
<br />standards that the Internal Audit Department will operate under.
<br />Supervisor of Elections Leslie R. Swan thanked the Board for allotting additional funds for her budget
<br />in support of the upcoming Countywide gubernatorial election and the municipal election for the Town
<br />of Indian River Shores. She said she also included in her budget 51 Electronic Voter Identification
<br />(EVID) units (electronic poll books) to replace the bulky paper precinct registers at polling sites. She
<br />explained how her departments have kept costs under control, and thanked the Board, County
<br />Administrator, and staff for their foresight in putting funds aside to purchase a new voting system after
<br />the 2016 Presidential election.
<br />2014-2015 Budget Workshop Page 10
<br />July 16, 2014
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