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• Total Taxing Funds up $2.5 million or 1.8% • Increase of around 2% in One -Half Cent Sales Tax • Increase in Tax Roll: General Fund 4.5%; Municipal Services Taxing Unit (M.S.T.U) 5.4%; and Emergency Services District 4.9% • State Revenue Sharing Increased 6.1% or $172,639 • Interest Earnings Decreased by $479,758 Administrator Baird outlined the proposed Ad Valorem Funds as follows: General Fund millage is 3.3375, 5.64% above the rollback rate of 3.1592, and 2.3% above the current millage rate. The proposed budget is $72,912,258. Municipal Services Taxing Unit (M.S.T.U.) is 1.0733, 3.9% above the rolled back rate and the same as the current year. The proposed budget is $25,754,976, up $771,920 from last year. Transportation Fund is $13,642,957; there is no millage. Emergency Services District is 1.9799, 3.43% above rollback; the proposed budget is $27,817,122. Land Acquisition Bond — 2004 Referendum item covers the debt service on the Land Acquisition Bonds — 2004 Referendum. The proposed millage is 0.3694 (rollback rate does not apply), a 0.5% decrease from the current year, and the proposed budget is $4,750,312. 1 Under the Non -Ad Valorem Special District, Administrator Baird announced that the proposed Solid Waste Disposal District (SWDD) budget for 2013-2014 is $11,685,228, an increase of $408,952 or 3.6% from the current year. He outlined the proposed 2014-2015 charges for the Solid Waste District 0 (SWDD) as follows: $49.96 per Residential Waste Generation Unit ($79.94 / House) ($5.67 or 12.80% increase from current year) $34.05 per Commercial Waste Generation Unit ($3.61 or 11.86% increase from current year) Readiness -to -Use Fee $19.37 ($ 0.56 or 3% increase from current year) Landfill Ash Product Disposal Fee $19.06 per ton ($ 0.25 or 1.33% increase from current year) Under the Non -Ad Valorem Dollar Budgets, Administrator Baird outlined the following proposed budgets under the Enterprise Funds: Golf Course $2,809,279, a $66,580 decrease Building Department $1,991,252, an increase of $174,493 Utilities $37,743,535, a decrease of $141,601 2014-2015 Preliminary Budget Hearing September 10, 2014 Page 2