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GENERAL OVERVIEW SESSION - JOSEPH A. BAIRD , COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR • Administrator Baird used a PowerPoint Presentation (on file) to support his budget message for Fiscal Year 2011 -2012 . He announced the proposed budget of $258 , 404 , 842 , a reduction of $ 60 , 359 , 981 or 18 . 9% from the current year . He outlined the major budget impacts, including tax roll declines in the General Fund, the Municipal Services Taxing Unit (M . S . T. U . ) , and the Emergency Services District (ESD) , of 6 . 4%, 8 . 3 %, and 7 . 4% respectively, and a decrease of $ 1 , 732 , 155 or 56 . 5 % in interest earnings . Administrator Baird noted that $ 1 , 660, 000 of fund reserves had been used to balance the budget; however, in the future, he hoped to phase this usage out . He said that savings had been accomplished with the elimination of nine positions (5 vacant and 4 filled) , automobile allowance reductions , and fleet reorganization. On the positive side , he noted that the County has saved around $ 4 . 1 million as a result of the recently enacted Senate Bill 2100 ( SB 2100) mandating 3 % employee contributions to retirement funds . He stated that the Commission ' s goal of no tax increases has been accomplished with the exception of increases of 0 . 0036 and 0 . 0241 , respectively, for the Land Acquisition Bonds , and a slight increase in assessment rates (following 15 years of decreases) for the Solid Waste Disposal District ( SWDD) . He announced that the proposed millage rates for . the General Fund, the M . S . T. U . , and the EMS remain the same at 3 . 0892 , 1 . 0733 , and 1 . 7148 , respectively, and assured the Board that all the budget reductions were accomplished without cuts to service . GENERAL FUND Administrator Baird reported that the overall proposed budget for the General Fund is $ 69 , 680 ,951 , a $ 9 ,236 , 767 or 11 . 7% decrease . He thereafter outlined the proposed budgets and reductions for all departments under the Board of County Commissioners (page 29 of the Budget Workshop booklet) , relaying that the total for the Board ' s departmental budgets is $ 14 , 865 , 133 , a decrease of $ 1 ,481 , 300 or 9 . 1 % . He noted that due to the erroneous omission of a line item, funding of $ 70 , 000 would have to be added back to Human Services . July 13 , 2011 2 • N 141 Pc 140