Board of County Commissioners
Gadsden County, Florida
AGENDA·
Special Meeting/Budget Workshop
Thursday, July 28, 2111- 4:00p.m.
Present: Sherrie Taylor, Chair, District 5
Eugene Lamb, District 1
Doug Croley, District 2 (Arrived at 4:20 p.m.)
Brenda Holt, District 4
Nicholas Thomas, Clerk
Arthur Lawson, Interim County Administrator
1. General
Budget Overview
Arthur Lawson, Sr., Interim County Administrator
2. Overview
of Major Budget Components
Tentative Budget
a. Changes made to the
budget since July 7th
·
Public Works take
$250,000 of Discretionary Sales Surtax to Capital Project Fund
·
Reduce Public Works
income by $250,000 eliminate 2 dump trucks for $272,000 and add 1 pickup
· State Attorney decrease $2,000
· Sheriffs budget same as FY Plus $73,897
· USDA Roof Repair - $95,000 (staff is hopeful to complete this roof in current budget)
· Increase in Medical Insurance
· Tourist Development Budget up $37,500 Holt stated BOCC needs to be better stewards of that money
· Library shorten hours of operation by 12 hrs a week go back to 56 hrs. pre 2006
· No funding to community organizations
· EMS rates increased to cover current costs
Major Revenue
Sources
a. Property Taxes & Millage Rate
b.
Major Revenues
Expenditures
a.
BOCC Operating Costs -review
of departmental budgets
County Attorney reduce
$15,000
Tourist Development -
IT look at decreasing this by $5,000
b.
Non-operating, Debt Service, and Reserves
c. Capital Projects
3. BOCC Priorities and Directions
4. Other Items as Necessary
Direction
to the Staff investigate closing the waste sites. Outline how you will educate the public. Come back to the board for approval. Be careful in the approach we take to sell it
to the county. Note the benefits to the
public for subscribing to Waste Pro.
Marlon Hunter, Gadsden County
Health Department- requested EMS share in utility bills at the Chattahoochee
Health Department. Chief Crum
confirmed that it is in the budget already.
Chair Taylor wants to beef up
the Code Enforcement want a magistrate to come on board.
$200,000
per district for discretionary
Commissioner Holt Friendship
Park it is a mess. Wants to employ a
grant writer. Looking for a professional
grant writer. Contract grant writer that will pay for itself.
Directive to staff find $150,ooo - $200,000 to $250,000
Look
at constitutional and department budgets to get that money.
Next
Budget on August 18th 4:00 p.m.