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BOOK I FAGE'� ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED BY Commissioner Adams, the Board unanimously (4-0, Commissioner Ginn absent) adopted Procedures 4. A. through G., as recommended by staff. 5. AD VALOREM FUNDS - Ad Valorem Millage and Ad Valorem Budget S.A.1. General Fund Administrator Chandler announced the following: total proposed amount of the General Fund budget was $49,450,468; proposed millage rate was 4.2210, which was the rollback millage rate. The Chairman opened the public hearing and asked if anyone wished to be heard on the proposed General Fund budget. Jim Granse, 36 Pine Arbor Lane, concerned citizen, had been under the impression that the County did not want to fund nonprofit organizations, yet the funding for nonprofit organizations increases each year. He noted that Children's Services was to be given $300,000 this year and the amount was scheduled to increase in subsequent years. He expressed concern that $77,250 had been budgeted for the Community Child Care Resources (CCCR) because $100,000 was missing (not County money) during the 1996-97 fiscal year. He was not aware if any of the money had been recovered. He asked what will prevent such shortages from occurring again and wanted assurances that Budget Director Joseph A. Baird would have control of distribution of all funding to nonprofit organizations. It seemed to him that a whole flock of nonprofit groups were being funded under the Children's Services Network. He called it a" 180 0 switch in thinking by the Indian River County Commission." Vice Chairman Macht reported that CCCR did recover the $100,000. He advised that CCCR was included as one of the 8 organizations scheduled for funding under Children's Services at the present time. Commissioner Eggert assured Mr. Granse that those funding dollars are processed through the Budget Director. September 24, 1998 2 V 40