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Comprehensive Plan Capital Improvements Element <br />• Enterprise Funds <br />Within governmental 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 19.27% of Indian River County's total <br />source of funds for FY 2009/10. Figure 6.2 displays the enterprise fund revenue collected by Indian <br />River County over the last six fiscal years. During that time period, enterprise fund revenue <br />decreased 17.31 %. <br />• User Fees and Charges <br />User fees and charges represent revenue received by the county for providing various general <br />services. These fees and charges are necessary because taxes alone cannot totally keep up with the <br />increasing costs of services. This category <br />includes fees collected by the Tax <br />Collector's Office, the Clerk of the Circuit <br />Court, the Property Appraiser's Office, the <br />Sheriffs Department, and the Recreation <br />and Parks Department. This category also <br />includes other miscellaneous user fees <br />charged by the county for general services <br />not financed by other fund sources. In FY <br />2009/10, user fees and charges represented <br />6.8% 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 <br />last six fiscal years. During that time period, <br />revenue from user fees and charges varied, <br />but overall decreased 19.20%. <br />Community Development Department <br />Adopted November_, 2011, Ordinance 2011 <br />Figure 6.3: User Fees and Charges <br />$20,000 $18'998 $18,879 <br />$18,152 $18,205 <br />$18,000 — -- $16,as3 <br />$16,000 - -- $14,666 <br />$14,000 <br />$12,000 -- <br />$10,000 - <br />$8,000 <br />$6,000 — <br />$4,000 ----- - <br />$2,000 - — <br />$- <br />2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 <br />Revenue (in thousands) <br />Source: Indian River County Finance Department <br />Indian River County <br />4 <br />