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millage rate for the M.S.T.U. Fund is 1.0733, which is no change from last year. This is 4.4% above the rolled back rate. • Transportation Fund The recommended budget for the Transportation Fund is $14,944,450, an increase of $498,147 or 3.4% (page 34). Some of the major factors impacting the Transportation Fund Budget are presented below: • Replacement Capital - $409,281 recommended; increase of $113,559. • Staffing increase - 2 FT positions, $100,029 One (1) full-time Signal Cable Locator position has been added in Traffic Engineering in order to satisfy the State's requirement of having the County locate and respond to dig inquiries within 48 hours. One of the most immediate impacts of increased population growth is felt in the level of service on local roads. It is important, and also mandated through growth management concurrency requirements, that we add capacity to the road network to keep pace with the population growth. One (1) Staff Assistant III has been added in Engineering to provide additional staff support for Engineering Capital Improvement Projects. In the current adopted Capital Improvement Element, planned Transportation projects amount to $132.2 million during the period from FY16 through FY20. To actively manage design and construction projects and to minimize change orders, a Project Engineer position is also proposed in the Secondary Road Construction Fund. • Constitutional gas taxes are remaining flat next year while County gas tax sees an increase of $50,000 or 7.0%. Transfers from the General Fund and M.S.T.U. will account for 65.3% of total revenues next year compared to 63.7% for the current year. Emergency. Services District Fund The total budget proposed for next fiscal year is $34,331,941, a decrease of $2,340,020 or 6.4% (page 35). A summary of the major impacts on the Emergency Services District (ESD) is provided as follows: • Addition of Fire Rescue Station # 15 - $1.3 million operating costs/year. • Taxroll change - up 6.2%, $1.5 million additional revenues • Replacement capital equipment - $1,498,413 budgeted in ESD Ten (10) additional positions are proposed to staff an ALS fire engine at Fire -Rescue Station 15. In June 2016, the Board directed staff to relocate the modular building used during renovations at Fire -Rescue Station 1 to the North County Aquatic Center in an effort to improve emergency response times near the Vero Lake Estates community, in an area that includes three (3) large public schools, a regional sports facility and a growing commercial corridor along CR 512. • 12