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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final September 21, 2022 <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br />Present: 5 - Chairman Peter O'Bryan <br />Vice Chairman Joe Earman <br />Commissioner Susan Adams <br />Commissioner Joseph Flescher <br />Commissioner Laura Moss <br />2.A. A MOMENT OF SILENT REFLECTION FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND MEMBERS OF <br />THE ARMED FORCES <br />2.B. INVOCATION <br />Deacon Wilfred Hart, Friendship Missionary Baptist Church <br />3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br />Commissioner Joseph E. Flescher <br />4. BUDGET OVERVIEW BY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, JASON E. BROWN <br />22-0767 Budget Ad 2022-2023 <br />Attachments: Budget Ad <br />22-0768 Total Proposed Budget and Millage Rates <br />Attachments: Proposed budget and millage rates <br />County Administrator Jason Brown utilized a PowerPoint presentation to announce <br />that the fiscal year (FY) 2022/23 proposed budget for the County was <br />$451,964,531, a decrease of $90,319,319 from the current FY year budget as of <br />March 31, 2022. He provided an overview of the major impacts to the budget for <br />FY 2022/23, which featured regard for public safety, inflation, and population growth. <br />Highlights of this fiscal year's budget included a tax roll increase of 13.5% countywide <br />and 14.4% in the unincorporated area, a $7.25 million increase for Sheriff's funding (a <br />reduction from the initial request of a $10.9 million increase), and continued funding of <br />School Resource Officers at a 50/50 split with the School District. Administrator <br />Brown detailed other impacts to the budget: a $2.3 million increase to the retirement <br />rate; $9.7 million for deferred maintenance, capital and renewal & replacement; <br />additional full-time positions added to the County's and Constitutional Officers' <br />rosters; and cost increases for goods and services. <br />5. AD VALOREM FUNDS <br />Indian River County Florida Page 1 <br />