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adjusted), This estimate ($11 million) differs substantially from the amount shown in the analysis <br /> Now presented by Ms. McKenzie on January 21, 2014 due to the inclusion of all County services rather <br /> than only the expenses identified on the "Gifford Expenses"report for reasons outlined above. Please <br /> see the table below for a comparison of the estimated expenses for selected service areas, <br /> FY 2013/14 Budget <br /> Service Area "Gifford Expenses" Staff Analysis_ Increase <br /> report Estimate Decrease <br /> Law Enforcement $0 $3,619,336 $3,619,336 <br /> Fire Rescue $0 $1,222,879 $1,222,879 <br /> Go-Line(transit) $0 $77,559 $77,559 <br /> Parks $500,000 $137,036 ($362,964) <br /> As illustrated in the table above, the "Gifford Expenses" report included no law enforcement expenses <br /> for Gifford. The Sheriff's Office provides law enforcement in Gifford as well as other areas of the <br /> County. Clearly, expenditures in this service area for Gifford exceed $0, and the analysis results in an <br /> estimate of$3.6 million based upon population. <br /> According to the 2010 census the population of Gifford was 9,590. The County population at the time <br /> was 138,028. Therefore, as of 2010 Gifford residents accounted for 6.9% of the total population of <br /> the County. The estimated expenses for Gifford are 7.2% of the total based upon the analysis, <br /> Therefore, estimated expenses as a percentage of the total budget are in line with (slightly above) the <br /> percentage of total population. <br /> w.. <br /> Staff has also estimated the amount of ad valorem taxes paid by owners of property within Gifford. <br /> For this analysis, staff used the taxable value of the Gifford Street Lighting District as the basis for the <br /> amount paid by these taxpayers. For fiscal year 2012/13, the taxable value with the Gifford Street <br /> Lighting District was about $98.4 million. For the same year, the taxable value for the entire county <br /> was $12.7 billion. The table below shows the property taxes by fund for Gifford and the County as a <br /> whole. <br /> FY 2012/13 Taxes Levied <br /> Fund Name <br /> Gifford Total Countywide % of Total <br /> General Fund $304,088 $39,315,374 0.77% <br /> M.S.T.U. Fund $105,651 $7,482,512 1.41% <br /> Emergency Services $168,798 $17,763,664 0.95% <br /> Land Acquisition Bond $37,396 $4,834,880 0.77% <br /> Gifford Street Lighting District $69,450 n/a n/a <br /> Total—All Taxing Funds $685,383 $69,396,430 0.99% <br /> .. February 27,2014 FABudgetUasonWISMifford Expense as Portion of Budget Analysis.doc <br /> 112 <br />