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SJRWMD FY 2017-18 Final Budget <br />D. Budget Guidelines <br />The District developed its budget under the guidelines established by the EOG and <br />DEP, which include: <br />• Reviewing, on an ongoing basis, personnel, programs, and activities to ensure <br />that each district is meeting its core mission areas without raising costs for the <br />taxpayers they serve; <br />• Ensuring that District employee benefits are consistent with those provided to <br />state employees; <br />• Continuing District implementation plans for the beneficial use of excess fund <br />balances; and <br />• Avoiding new debt. <br />The District's specific guidelines developed by the Governing Board and management <br />staff include budget preparation assumptions approved by the Governing Board and <br />include: <br />• Assuming adoption by the Governing Board of a rolled -back millage rate; <br />• Utilizing our excess fund balance to maintain the cost -share program; <br />• Addressing rising costs of health insurance, and <br />• Producing a budget that is focused on the District's mission and responsibilities. <br />Statutory authority in section 373.536(5)(c), Florida Statutes, states that the Legislative <br />Budget Commission (LBC) may reject District budget proposals based on the statutory <br />thresholds described below. <br />1. A single purchase of land in excess of $10 million, except for land exchanges. <br />2. Any cumulative purchase of land during a single fiscal year in excess of $50 <br />million. <br />3. Any issuance of debt on or after July 1, 2012. <br />4. Any individual variances in a district's tentative budget in excess of 25 percent <br />from a District's preliminary budget. <br />5. Any program expenditures as described in section 373.536(5)(e) 4.e. (Outreach) <br />and f. (Management and Administration) in excess of 15 percent of a District's <br />total budget. <br />Both the District's FY 2017-18 Tentative Budget and Final Budget did not exceed these <br />statutory thresholds, and the District did not receive any written disapprovals of any <br />provision in the Tentative Budget by the EOG or LBC prior to the Final Budget adoption <br />hearing. <br />Page 6 <br />