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- M M <br />Chairman Wheeler announced that the County Administrator <br />will give an overview of the whole Budget before we go into the <br />individual hearings. <br />Administrator Chandler informed those present that this is <br />the second and final hearing to consider and adopt the proposed <br />budget for FY 1989/90. He advised that he would give a thumbnail <br />sketch of the whole Budget, and then we will review each fund <br />separately. He then outlined the procedure that must be followed <br />whereby a public hearing will be opened on each fund, the per- <br />centage increase in millage over rollback will be announced, if <br />any; the amount of the budget; the specific purposes for which <br />the ad valorem takes are being increased to increase that budget; <br />and we then will receive public comments. <br />Administrator Chandler then addressed the overall budget and <br />announced that total budget is 113.9 million which reflects an <br />increase on the expense side of 9.2 million or an 8.93% increase. <br />The proposed aggregate millage as it relates to our total budget <br />is 7.4838 and the rolled back aggregate millage is 7.029, or an <br />increase of 6.5% above rollback. <br />Administrator Chandler explained that the budget is gener- <br />ally reflective of conditions throughout our county and of the <br />growth we are experiencing which brings additional responsibility <br />and demands for increased services and new services. We see this <br />most notably in the General Fund. The Administrator advised that <br />there are probably 4 or 5 areas in the total budget that basic- <br />ally account for the increase: <br />1) Law,Enforcement <br />ti <br />2) Emergency Life Support, which the County assumed this current <br />fiscal year. <br />3) Areas where we are looking at increased or improved services, <br />such as libraries and their funding, and we have for the <br />first time the debt service associated with the 1986 referen- <br />dum to construct the new'main library and the North County <br />library. <br />4) Also added to the total budget is the Sales Tax Capital im- <br />provement Program, which ties into the approval by the <br />referendum to fund long range capital improvements through <br />the Sales Tax. <br />MOO i I f'AGE fu5«j <br />