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M M Administrator Chandler announced that the total budget proposed for the General Fund for next fiscal year is $37,994,105. That budget contains a net decrease of $3,746,847. A significant portion of that is the ALS funding which is incorporated in the new Emergency Services District. Excluding that amount, there would be a total net decrease in the General Fund as proposed of $1,452,031. The proposed millage rate to fund the General Fund budget is 4.2094, which is 7.85 below the rolled -back rate of 4.5652. Again, that does take into account the fact that ALS is being incorporated in the new Emergency Services District. By law, however, it is reflected here as part of that rolled -back figure. Administrator Chandler advised that after the first public hearing of September 9, the Commission authorized the funding of the Barber Street Complex in Sebastian and asked staff to come back with a recommendation on whether there should be additional cuts in line items or whether to fund it from the General Fund or the MSTU Fund. Administrator Chandler did not recommend any further cuts at this point in time, and he recommended that it be funded from the $330,000 contingencies in the MSTU Fund rather than from the General Fund. He believed the funding was originally in the MSTU on the basis that it recognized the use of municipal parks by residents of the unincorporated area of the county. Based on the past intent, his recommendation is to fund it from the $330,000 all fund contingencies in the MSTU fund. Vice Chairman Bowman opened the public hearing on the General Fund and asked if anyone wished to be heard. Gerald Green, 625 Fox Run, questioned the difference in the carried forward amounts, and OMB Director Joe Baird explained that the majority of the carried forward items are capital projects that are underway where part of the project is budgeted in the current year and part in the next fiscal year. Mr. Green also commented on the local economic index and this county having an unemployment rate of over 16%. He asked if there is a watchdog association, and Commissioner Scurlock advised that two individuals from the Taxpayers Association appear at every meeting of the Board of County Commissioners. Mr. Green suggested that the Board publish a simple balance sheet showing the various department budgets for this year, what those budgets are expected to be for next year, and the differences. Administrator Chandler agreed that the balance sheet that is published in the newspaper is very complicated and hard to follow, 7 S 151992 EP