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Board of County Commissioners
<br />Meeting Minutes - Final July 17, 2019
<br />• Mailroom - $165,052, a decrease of ($218,074) or (56.9%)
<br />• Indian River Lagoon - $271,560, an increase of $145,480 or 115.4%
<br />Total BCC Departments $19,795,140, an increase of $599,246 or 3.1%
<br />Chairman Solari announced that Deputy Clerk Maureen Gelfo, Clerk to the
<br />Board, was retiring and thanked her for her past 12 years of service to the
<br />Board of County Commissioners.
<br />The Chairman opened the floor for public comments.
<br />Mr. Dan Stump noticed there was money in the Budget for the Law Library
<br />and inquired on the location of the library.
<br />CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS
<br />Administrator Brown announced the proposed Constitutional Officers, budget
<br />as follows:
<br />• Clerk of Court - $1,104,029, an increase of $48,385, or 4.6%
<br />• Tax Collector - $1,561,704, a decrease of ($23,400) or (1.5%) presented for
<br />informational purposes, their budget is not due until August 1, 2019
<br />• Property Appraiser - $3,178,023, an increase of $65,503 or 2.1%
<br />• Sheriff- $53,602,098, an increase of $3,453,723 or 6.3%
<br />• Sheriff Electric - $820,800, no change from the current year or 0%
<br />• Supervisor of Elections - $1,617,014, an increase of $248,489 or 18.2%
<br />• Value Adjustment Board - $60,000, no increase from current year or 0%
<br />The proposed total for Constitutional Officers is $61,943,668, an increase of
<br />$3,792,700 or 6.5%
<br />The Chairman opened the floor for public comments.
<br />Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller Jeffery R. Smith commented on Kristin
<br />Daniels transition into her new position and noted that she was an excellent Budget
<br />Director.
<br />Property Appraiser Wesley S. Davis thanked the Board.
<br />Leslie Swan, Supervisor of Elections, expressed her appreciation to the Board for
<br />their support, and stated that there would be an extra County -wide election that
<br />would require a lot of resources. Additionally, there was an unexpected mandate
<br />from Governor DeSantis that all ballots and all election material be translated into
<br />Spanish. She spoke on cyber security, and made mention that the IT Manager at
<br />the Supervisor of Elections Office was going to retire soon, and there was a need
<br />for an additional person who would need to be trained through a presidential
<br />election cycle, and 2020 redistricting. Ms. Swan mentioned that the Canvassing
<br />Board Workshop had been moved to October, and offered the members of the
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