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Comprehensive Plan Capital Improvements Element public safety expenditures increased by 5.17%. Since FY 2008/09, public safety expenditures have decreased by 5.94%. Public safety represented 33.15% of all county expenses in FY 2013/14. Physical Environment The physical environment classification encompasses the county's water and waste water utilities, the Solid Waste Disposal District (SWDD), the Soil and Water Conservation District, and the Environmentally Sensitive Land Acquisition Fund. Table 6.5 shows that $49,893,042 was spent on these activities in FY 2013/14. Between fiscal years 2012/13 and 2013/14, physical environment expenditures increased by 6.91%. Since FY 2008/09, physical environment expenditures have decreased by 8.02%. Physical environment services represented 23.50% of all county expenses in FY 2013/14. Transportation Departments under the transportation category include Road and Bridge, County Engineering, Secondary Roads Construction, and Traffic Engineering. Those departments are responsible for designing, constructing, overseeing, and maintaining the county's roads and drainage systems. As shown in table 6.5, the county spent $34,859,058 on transportation facilities in FY 2013/14. Since FY 2008/09, transportation expenditures have decreased by 14.65%. Transportation expenses represented 16.42% of all county expenses in FY 2013/14. Economic Environment Included in the economic environment category are the costs of providing services which develop and improve the economic condition of the community and its citizens. Up to June 30, 2011, Veteran Services, the Housing Authority, and the Economic Development Division of the Indian River County Chamber of Commerce primarily undertook that function. On July 1, 2011, the Housing Authority was officially separated from the County; consequently, its expenditures are no longer reported here. Table 6.5 shows that $1,106,886 was spent on economic environment services in FY 2013/14. Between fiscal years 2012/13 and 2013/14, economic environment expenditures decreased by 57.12%. Since FY 2008/09, economic environment expenditures have increased by 69.37%. Economic environment expenses represented 0.52% of all county expenses in FY 2013/14. Higher expenses between FY 2008/09 and FY 2013/14 were the result of expenditure of Neighborhood Stabilization Program Community Development Block Grant funds, one time grants provided to lessen the negative affects of the economic downturn/recession and housing collapse. Human Services Human Services cover the cost of providing services for the care, treatment, and control of human illness, injury or disabilities, and for the welfare of the community as a whole and its individuals. The Community Development Department Indian River County Adopted V e c • 1 , 2015, Ordinance 2015- 11 21