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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final March 14, 2017 12. DEPARTMENTAL MATTERS A. Community Development B. Emergency Services C. General Services 1. Human Services 2. Sandridge Golf Club 3. Recreation D. Human Resources E. Office of Management and Budget 12.E.1 17-0268 Children's Services Funding Allocation for Fiscal Year 2017/2018 Recommended Action: Staff recommends that the Board of Commissioners approve funding for Children's Services agencies in the amount of $1,117,397 for fiscal year 2017/2018, which is an increase of 6.22% or $65,432 from the current year base funding level. This recommendation is based on efforts to avoid a General Fund millage increase in the upcoming fiscal year. Attachments: Staff Report Management and Budget Director Michael Smykowski gave a PowerPoint Presentation regarding the history of the County's funding of Children's Services, from Fiscal Year 1997-1998 to the current Fiscal Year of 2016-2017. He explained that the funding has historically been based upon the prior year's allocation and the change in the taxroll for the prior year. Director Smykowski reported that based upon the previous fiscal year's tax roll change of 6.22%, staff recommended a funding allocation of $1,117,397 for Fiscal Year 2017-2018, or an increase of $65,432 from the current year base funding level. He noted that the recommendation was based on efforts to avoid a General Fund millage increase in the upcoming fiscal year. Hope Woodhouse, 199 Island Creek Drive, spoke about an agreement made in 1999 by the Commissioners to fund Children's Services at the millage rate of 0.1250. She also provided and reviewed a document showing a cumulative funding deficit for Children's Services from 1999. The following speakers, many of whom advocated a return to the 0.1250 millage cap designated in the 1999 Agreement, presented arguments in support of increased funding for Children's Services: Indian River County Florida Page 11