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Beryl Loar Carole Jean Jordan David C. Nolte Leslie Rossway Swan Jeffrey R. Smith S} � Ta��o||ec��r pn�Per�APPn�aa' Supervisor C��ofCoudand Comptroller In addition to the Board, there are five elected Constitutional Officers serving specific governmental functions: Sheriff, Tax Collector, Property Anoraiser, Supervisor of Elections, and Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller /C|add. Although the funding for all Constitutional OMioem is pad of the County's General Fund. the Board does not have direct responsibility for their operations. Each office is run eapaneba|y within each of its respective legal The Clerk, Sheriff, and Supervisor of Elections submit proposed operating budgets to the Board prior to May 1S. The Florida Department of Revenue receives budgets from the Property Appraiser prior to June 1° and from the Tax Collector prior to August 1 st. Once these budgets are approved, they are forwarded to the Board. The court- relatedfunctionoftheQerkoubrnitoabudgedtothaF|ohdaC|erhoofCourtOpeodionsCorponadon/CC(]C\prior to June 1m. The Clerk operating budget includes proposed expenditures and the sources tofinance them aoset forth inSection 28.36` Florida Statutes. Constitutional Officers, all departments controlled by the Board of County Commissioners, and outside State and local agencies submit their proposed budgets to the Office of Management and Budget for assistance, review and compilation. The County Administrator then reviews all the budgets of the County departments, state agencies and nonprofit oqganizationa, and nnahee his budget recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners on or before July 15"'ufeach year. During September, public hearings are held pursuant to the Florida Statutes, inorder for the Board to receive public input on the tentative budget. At the and of the last public hearing, the Board enacts ordinances to leoeUv adopt (at the fund level) the budgets for all governmental fund types. The Barber Bridge Photo courtesy of Laura McIver R