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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final September 14, 2022 <br />5. AD VALOREM FUNDS <br />A. Ad Valorem Millage and Ad Valorem Budget <br />General Fund <br />22-0702 Proposed millage is 3.5475 and is 11.03% above rolled back rate of 3.1950. The <br />proposed budget is $118,399,287. <br />Attachments: General Fund <br />Chairman O'Bryan announced the General Fund proposed millage rate is 3.5475, <br />11.03% above the rolled -back rate. The proposed budget is $118,399,287. <br />Chairman O'Bryan opened the public hearing. <br />Sheriff Eric Flowers thanked the Board and staff for working with the Sheriffs <br />office on the budget and coming to an agreement that both parties could support. <br />Property Appraiser Wesley Davis thanked the Board for their support and recalled <br />last year the Property Appraiser's Office had hired a consultant to help put actual <br />values on the cell phone towers, antennas, and other tangible personal property <br />(TPP) and found an additional $50 million in values versus what the cell phone <br />companies had claimed as the values. <br />There being no speakers, the Chairman closed the hearing. <br />There were no proposed amendments to the budget. <br />A motion was made by Vice Chairman Earman, seconded by Commissioner Moss, to <br />adopt the tentative millage rate of 3.5475, 11.03% above the rolled back rate of 3.1950, <br />for the General Fund. The motion carried by the following vote: <br />Aye: 4- Chairman O'Bryan, Vice Chairman Earman, Commissioner Flescher, and <br />Commissioner Moss <br />Absent: 1 - Commissioner Adams <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Flescher, seconded by Chairman O'Bryan, to <br />adopt the tentative budget of $118,399,287 for the General Fund. The motion carried <br />by the following vote: <br />Aye: 4 - Chairman O'Bryan, Vice Chairman Earman, Commissioner Flescher, and <br />Commissioner Moss <br />Indian River County Florida Page 2 <br />