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i incr ased. We then will receive the public comments. After the hearing is closed, the Board will consider any proposed amen ments and calculate revised rate, if revised. We will adopt a millage rate; we will adopt a budget and announce a percent, if any, by which the recomputed millage rate exceeds rollback. We will review all the taxing funds, which include the General Fund, Transportation Fund, General Purpose MSTU, Beach Acquisition G.O.Bionds, Vero Lakes Estates MSTU, the Fire Districts, and the various Street Lighting Districts and then review the budgets for the remaining funds. The Chairman noted that at the Tentative Budget hearing last week,) the public indicated they would like to see the Constitutional Officers attend these meetings, and most of them are here tonight. Commissioner Bird is out of the country and could not attend tonight. Chairman Scurlock emphasized that there are several things that we are not here to discuss tonight, i.e., the School Board budget or those items over which the Board of County Commissioners or Constitutional Officers have no control. We also are not here to discuss the assessed values set by the Property Appraiser, which should be discussed directly with the Property Appraiser or appealed to the Property Appraisal Adjustment Board. o fulfill legal requirements, the millage increase over rollback millage must be stated. The first millage quoted will be t e aggregate millage, which is arrived at by adding all the ad valorem taxes levied by the governing body for countywide purposes plus the ad valorem taxes levied for all dependent distrlicts divided by the total taxable value of the county. Rollback is the millage rate which is exclusive of ad valorem taxes) on new construction and annexations. airman Scurlock informed the audience that the aggregate millage has not been changed; it is still 7.571 even there have been f'SE c some changes since the last meeting where we did instruct 5 BOOK 69 PACE 329 ,F�