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supported funds. The proposed FY 2021/22 budget includes the fourth year of funding for 50% of the School Resource Officers expense. The State has still not provided adequate funding for this mandate on School Districts. The Supervisor of Elections has requested an increase of $141,809 or 8.9%. This increase is largely due to various mandates per Florida Election Code which include Vote -By -Mail drop boxes, redistricting, mapping, and new voter registration cards for every registered voter in the County. In an effort to lessen the impact on the General Fund millage, staff is proposing $46,378 in COVID-19 related expenses be funded by the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act in FY 2021/22. The Tax Collector's budget is not due until August 1St and has been budgeted at last year's amount in the General Fund. The Property Appraiser has requested an increase of $192,355 or 5.0% forthe County funded portion of the budget. General Fund dollars support the bulk of the Property Appraiser's budget, and the General Fund impact is an increase of $155,296 or 4.8%. The budget request includes funding for employee raises. The BCC departmental funding amount reflects a decrease of $200,709 or 0.9%. There is an increase of four full-time positions in various departments including Human Resources (1), Facilities Management (2) and Animal Control (1). The majority of this decrease is due to the reduction in Brightline Trains expenses in the County Attorney's budget that will no longer be needed with the settlement agreement approved in June, and various Parks -Conservation Lands capital projects at Ansin, Hallstrom & Krogel Homestead that were budgeted last fiscal year. Addressing deferred maintenance and capital projects that accumulated during the downturn continues to be a priority in the upcoming fiscal year. The Parks division budget includes $167,261 for various Fairground and Victor Hart Park improvements, while the Facilities division budget includes $170,000 for Library, Courthouse and Administration Building maintenance. Staff continues to prioritize these projects in an effort to complete the deferred maintenance and capital schedule over the remaining three years. Recommended State agency budgets total $3,834,917, which is a decrease of $103,287 or 2.6%. This is principally due a $90,884 decrease in the Circuit Court Expenses, a $52,853 decrease in the County's Medicaid share, and a $36,934 increase in the State Health Department's request. In addition, the Court Technology Fund which was intended to cover Court Administration expenses, again cannot support these expenses. A total of $207,338 for the Court Administrator's budget request is being funded from the General Fund. Proposed funding for Children's Services is $2,322,074, which is an increase of $116,162 or 5.3%. This funding was previously approved by the Board, at the 0.125 mill funding limit. General fund transfers to other funds are increasing $682,619 or 10.2%, primarily due to increased expenditures in the Transportation Fund. 10