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Board of County Commissioners <br />Budget Workshop - Final July 12, 2017 <br />001-110 COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR (SRA) <br />001-110 CTC -SRA -SENIOR SERVICES <br />001-110 GIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER, INC. <br />001-110 PROGRESSIVE CIVIC LEAGUE OF GIFFORD <br />001-110 HUMANE SOCIETY OF VERO BEACH & IRC, FL., INC. <br />001-110 TREASURE COAST HOMELESS SERVICES COUNCIL, INC. <br />17-0721 <br />Attachments: Quasi Non -Profit Organizations <br />Administrator Brown's recommendations for Quasi Non -Profit Organizations: <br />• Senior Resource Association Transportation- $1,000,000, an increase of $200,000, <br />or 25.0% and Senior Resource Senior Services - $123,000 <br />• Senior Resource Grants - $ -0-, a decrease of $2,431,127 <br />• Gifford Youth Achievement Center - $95,519, an increase of $1,919, or 2.1% <br />• Progressive Civic League - $12,185, same as last year <br />• Humane Society - $395,547, same as last year <br />• Treasure Coast Homeless Services - $15,270, same as last year <br />The total proposed budget for Quasi Non -Profit Agencies is $1,641,521, a decrease <br />of $2,106,208, or (56.2%). <br />The Chairman opened the floor for comments. <br />Karen Deigl, Chief Executive Officer of the Senior Resource Association (SRA), <br />thanked the Board for their support, and appealed to the Board to fully fund the <br />request for $1.3 Million for the transit systems. She explained the success of the <br />GoLine transit system and stated that ridership has increased by 39%, and was on <br />track for 1.2 million trips by the end of the fiscal year. She expressed her concerns <br />about the expiration of the Service Development Grant and the risk of a possible <br />shut down of service for 2 hours per day if additional funding is not obtained. <br />A lengthy discussion ensued between the Board and Ms. Deigl regarding the <br />request for a 71% increase in funding, and suggestions were made for other options <br />to prevent the suspension of service. Several members of the Board felt as though <br />the situation could have been prevented if the shortfall had been addressed when <br />the Grant expired. They expressed their concerns about the impacts to the citizens <br />who use public transportation if the hours were cut or if services were suspended. It <br />was suggested that funding could be taken partly from Ad Valorem, Sales Tax, and <br />SRA's Capital Fund. <br />Indian River County Florida <br />Page 14 <br />