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Mass Transit Services The County has an agreement with the Council on Aging to provide mass transit services to County residents . During the FY 2002, a Federal Transportation Authority Grant in the amount $721 ,600, a Florida Department of Transportation Grant in the amount of $276, 500 and a matching grant of $330, 500 from the County were provided to the Council on Aging. The Council used these funds to operate their fleet of 20 vehicles to provide over 196,000 boardings to County residents for transport between the Gifford area, the central beach area, the central Vero area, Vero Beach Highlands , Sebastian and the State Road 60 corridor. Five days a week eight routes are serviced. Four routes are serviced on Saturdays . Landfill Improvements During the FY 2002 , the County made a number of improvements to the Landfill site . At a cost of $979,600, a new scale house and two new scales were constructed; a new entrance with landscaped roads and signage was completed; turn around truck lanes and deceleration lanes on 74th Avenue were built; expansion of the employee 's parking lot and improved drainage for the parking lot were completed ; additional stormwater capacity was provided; repair and resurfacing of the site 's paved roadways were completed ; and a loading dock for the recycled newsprint storage and transfer building was constructed. OtherProjects A $531 ,200 Florida Department of Transportation Grant was used to construct sidewalks along County road 512 in Fellsmere , Roseland Road and Old Winter Beach Road. The County purchased a new touch screen voting system at a cost of $2 million. An electronics upgrade at the jail was completed at a cost of $289,000 . Construction of a one-story 2, 500 square feet addition to the County Health Department building began in the FY 2002 . The new space will be used as a Dental Clinic , BUDGETPROCESS The Constitutional Officers submit, atvarious times, to the Board and to certain divisions within the Department ofRevenue, State ofFlorida, a proposed operating budget for the fiscal year commencing the following October 1 . The operating budget includes proposed expenditures and the means offinancing them as set forth in Chapter 129 ofthe Florida Statutes . Constitutional Officers, all departments controlled by the Board of County Commissioners , and outside State and local agencies submit their proposed budgets to the Office ofManagement and Budget for assistance, review and compilation. The County Administrator then reviews all County department, state agencies and non-profit organizations budgets , and makes his budget recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners on or before July 15 of each year. The tentative budget includes proposed appropriations and the means offinancing them. During September, public hearings are held pursuant to Section 200 .065 , Florida Statutes, in order forthe Board to receive public input on the tentative budget. At the end ofthe last public hearing, the Board enacts ordinances to legally adopt at the fund level the budgets for all governmental fund types . The budgets legally adopted by the Board set forth the anticipated revenues by source and the appropriations by function. Budgets for Enterprise and Internal Service funds are adopted on a basis consistent with generally accepted accounting principles . Computerized integrated budget reports are used for management control purposes throughout the year. Management is authorized to transfer budgeted amounts between objects and departments in any fund as long viii