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•ghlights of the FY2017/18 Budget: • • Tax roll Increase — 7.6% countywide, still well below peak. • Sheriff funding — Requested $4.6M increase (all funds); recommended increase of $2.6M or 5.84%. • Children's Services Funding — increase of $556,000 or 52.9%. • Senior Resources Association (Transportation) increase of $200,000 or 25% and Senior Resources Association (Senior Services) increased $123,000. • Fire Rescue Station 14 - $1.9 million in additional operating costs for new station, inclusive of startup costs to be funded by budget amendment this year so the station is fully operational in October 2017 (17 total employees). • Addition of five (5) positions to address building plan review response times including the following: o a Deputy Building Official in the Building Fund support by building permit fees; o a Lieutenant Inspector position in the Emergency Services District to improve fire plan review response time; o a Senior Civil Engineer and an Engineering Technician in County Engineering (Transportation fund) to respond to increased demand for development review; o A Senior Planner in the MSTU Fund to improve processing of development plans. • Addition of three (3) positions to eliminate single source dependencies in key operational units including: o a Telecommunications Technician; o a Natural Resources Manager; o A Human Resource Payroll Specialist. • Health Insurance - employer monthly contribution increase of $30; $20 monthly increase in employee rates. ($499,320 county -wide impact). • Construction of landfill Cell II, Segment 3 - $2,252,500. • Facility Maintenance- includes funding for window sealing at the County Courthouse and pressure washing and painting of the Courthouse and the Parking Garage and continue multi-year catch-up on building maintenance and repairs. • Full-time Position increases - $2,220,217- 32 BCC positions (19 for Fire Rescue), 33.92 FT Constitutional, 65.92 total FT. •