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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final July 10, 2024 <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br />Present: 5 - Chairman Susan Adams <br />Vice Chairman Joseph Flescher <br />Commissioner Joe Earman <br />Commissioner Laura Moss <br />Commissioner Deryl Loar <br />2.A. A MOMENT OF SILENT REFLECTION FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND MEMBERS OF <br />THE ARMED FORCES <br />2.11. INVOCATION <br />Chaplain Lou Tropf, IRC Jail <br />3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br />Commissioner Susan Adams, Chairman <br />4. GENERAL OVERVIEW SESSION <br />John A. Titkanich, Jr., County Administrator <br />Attachments: Budget Message <br />County Administrator John Titkanich opened the Budget Workshop meeting <br />with a message that the Fiscal Year 2024/2025 (FY 24/25) budget would <br />emphasize customer service, employee development, implementation of the <br />County's Strategic Plan, public safety, execution of a compensation and <br />classification study, and investment in infrastructure and capital needs. He <br />detailed the initiatives focusing on investing and planning for the future <br />including the organizational restructuring with new hires, facility and building <br />department collaborations, economic development, and master plans for <br />growth, stormwater, conservation, and utilities. Mr. Titkanich continued on to <br />provide details of the progress made to build additional fire stations in growth <br />areas, and investments in leadership training. He announced the total <br />proposed budget for FY 24/25 was $524,719,875, a 3.5 percent increase <br />over last year's planned budget. <br />The slide presentation continued with highlights of the major impacts to the <br />budget: a tax roll increase, the initial year of the land acquisition bond, the <br />sheriff's budget, and a variety of compensation costs. A pie chart illustrated <br />the budget percentages allocated to fulfilling Strategic Plan goals, with the <br />lion's share of funds dedicated to infrastructure. <br />Next was the General Fund taxable value with a proposed millage rate of <br />Indian River County Florida Page 1 <br />