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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final March 14, 2017 • Wanda Lincoln, 511 Shores Drive • Dan Somers, 290 Sea Oak Drive, Co -Chairman, Boys and Girls Club of Indian River County • Michael Kint, 6255 59th Court, and CEO of United Way of Indian River County • Tiffany Justice, School Board Member • Bob Savage, Vice Chairman of the Healthy Start Coalition • Katy Faires, 5200 17th Street SW, Board Chair of Childcare Resources • Jimmy Lloyd, County resident and parent • Fellsmere Chief of Police Keith Touchberry • Fran Adams, 1651 Indian River Drive, Member of the Moonshot Community Action Network • Barbara Hammond, 4638 Pebble Bay Circle • Freddie Woolfork, 4590 57th Avenue • Antoine Jennings, Founder of Crossover Mission • Catherine De Schouwer, Co -Founder and Executive Director of Crossover Mission • Marilyn Scully An extensive discussion/debate followed, with input from County Administrator Jason Brown and Director Smykowski, about the County's overall budget, the various services/expenditures the County must finance, and the most fiscally responsible way to increase funding for Children's Services, without creating a tax burden on all citizens. County Administrator Jason Brown suggested that if the Board wished to restore the funding to the 0.1250 mills, it would be best to phase in the change over a period of three to five years. Discussion followed as individual Board Members expressed support to increase funding as quickly as possible. Vice Chairman O'Bryan, Board Liaison to the Children's Services Advisory Committee, presented a proposal to phase in the millage increase over a five-year period, and to provide an additional non-advalorem contribution of $250,000 for this fiscal year, which would come from the sale of the 16th Street Ball Fields (see Item I IA for details). Indian River County Florida Page 12