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Board of County Commissioners Special Call Meeting Minutes - Final October 20, 2025
<br />County Commissioners, pursuant to Section 30.49(3), F.S., may not amend, modify,
<br />increase, or reduce any expenditure at the sub -object code level. However, the next
<br />paragraph in the statute states that the Board may amend, modify, increase, or reduce
<br />any or all items of expenditures in the proposed budget. Furthermore, Section
<br />30.49(4), F.S., stated that the Board must provide written notice of its action to the
<br />Sheriff and specify in such notice the specific items amended, modified, increased, or
<br />reduced.
<br />Administrator Titkanich explained Object Level Reductions for Board Action,
<br />mentioning the Code Level for Personnel Services is Object Code 10. The approved
<br />budget for Personnel Services in FY 2024/2025 was $59,340,581. The requested
<br />budget for FY 2025/2026 was $67,639,193, which represented a 13.98% increase.
<br />He added that during both the second Budget Workshop and the Preliminary Budget
<br />Hearing, the Board considered several wage and salary scenarios to provide sworn
<br />personnel with an average increase of $9,000 and civilian personnel within the
<br />Sheriffs Office with a $3,500 increase. However, it still resulted in a reduction of
<br />$2,260,087, bringing the revised Personnel budget to $65,379,106.
<br />Administrator Titkanich referred to Object Code 30, which was Operating Expenses.
<br />The past year's approved budget was $17,323,730, and the requested budget was
<br />$20,645,682, representing a 16.09% increase. The Board of County Commissioners
<br />proposed a reduction of $2,825,283, bringing the revised amount to $17,250,399.
<br />The next Object Level Reduction was Capital Outlay (Object Code 60), with an
<br />approved FY 2024/2025 budget of $2,247,644. The requested FY 2025/2026
<br />budget was $2,841,963, a 20.91% increase. The Board of County Commissioners
<br />recommended a reduction of $267,999, bringing the revised amount to $2,573,964.
<br />The total budget again in FY 2024/2025 was $78,911,955. The revised budget
<br />requested from the Sheriffs Office was $91,126,840, which represented a 15.5%
<br />increase. The Board of County Commissioners recommended a reduction to the
<br />Sheriff's request of $5,353,369, resulting in a revised budget of $85,773,471.
<br />Administrator Titkanich referred to Section 30.49(12) F.S., which read that, in order
<br />to effectuate, fulfill, and preserve the independence of the Sheriff, they have the
<br />statutory authority to transfer money between the fund and functional categories, and
<br />at the Object and Sub -Object levels after his or her budget has been approved by the
<br />Board of County Commissioners. Sheriffs can determine the priorities for their
<br />budgets.
<br />Administrator Titkanich pointed out that the Board was not suggesting, and has not
<br />suggested, any cuts to K9 food, car seats, DNA kits, etc. The $5,353,369 reduction
<br />was to the Sheriff's $12.2 million request. It was staffs recommendation to approve
<br />the specific Object Level Reductions to the Sheriffs FY 2025/2026 Budget Request
<br />and issue the Sheriff a revised Written Notice of Board Action.
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