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Comprehensive Plan Capital Improvements Element <br />Health Department, Welfare, Medicaid, and Children's Services fall into this category. Table 6.5 <br />shows that the County spent $7,178,542 on human services in FY 2013/14. Between fiscal years <br />2012/13 and 2013/14, human services expenditures increased by 3.25%. Since FY 2008/09, human <br />services expenditures have decreased by 16.74%. Human Services represented 3.38% of all county <br />expenses in FY 2013/14. <br />Culture/Recreation <br />All costs associated with providing and maintaining cultural and recreational facilities and activities <br />for the benefit of citizens and visitors fit into this category. County libraries, parks, recreation <br />operations, and the golf course are included here. As shown in table 6.5, the County spent <br />$15,178,817 on those services in FY 2013/14. Between fiscal years 2012/13 and 2013/14, <br />cultural/recreation expenditures increased by 3.87%. Since FY 2008/09, cultural/recreation <br />expenditures have decreased by 22.65%. Culture/recreation expenses represented 7.15% of all County <br />expenses in FY 2013/14. <br />Court Related <br />All costs of operating the judicial branch of Indian River County Government are classified here. <br />That category includes the County Court, Circuit Court, State Attorney's Office and Public Defender. <br />As shown in table 6.5, expenditures from that category totaled $6,487,906 in FY 2013/14. Between <br />fiscal years 2012/13 and 2013/14, Court Related expenditures increased by 7.15%. Court Related <br />costs represented 3.06% of all county expenses in FY 2013/14. <br />Debt Service <br />Debt service consists of interest and payments made by the county on its debt. That figure includes <br />principal retirement, interest and other miscellaneous debt service. As table 6.5 indicates, total <br />County debt service expenditures were $5,684,616 in FY 2013/14. Between fiscal years 2012/13 and <br />2013/14, debt service expenditures decreased by 30.41%. That decrease was due to the re -financing <br />of a water and sewer revenue bond and the refinancing of a general obligation environmental lands <br />bond during FY 2014/15. Since FY 2008/09, debt service expenditures have decreased by 29.55%. <br />Debt service expenses represented 2.68% of all County expenses in FY 2013/14. <br />Existing Outstanding Debt <br />At the end of FY 2014/15, Indian River County's outstanding debt, comprised of revenue bonds and <br />general obligation bonds, stood at $53,975,000. That is shown in table 6.6. Currently, Enterprise <br />Funds comprise449.46% of the overall debt (Utility Dept), leaving $27,279,000 in bonds paid from <br />general governmental funds. In November 2001, Indian River County issued the remaining <br />$11,000,000 of the $26,000,000 Environmentally Sensitive Land Acquisition general obligation <br />Community Development Department Indian River County <br />Adopted 'D e.c.. ► , 2015, Ordinance 2015- 0 I 1 22 <br />