Escambia County Budget, fiscal year 2006-2007
Analysis of Increase in Property Taxes
Sources
Increase in ad valorem $31.344.191
Less 5% anticipated receipts * -$1,562,210
Less Santa Rosa Island property taxes -$6,595,082
Total sources $23,181,889
USES
Salary increases: $6,956,013
Clerk of Court : $154,720; General Fund, Supervisor of Elections:$1,329,822;
Sheriff :$5,471,471
Capital Projects: $ 6,800,000
Furniture – property appraiser $300K; Microwave tower $1.5M; Highway 113A $4M;
Computer system/propery appraiser $1M
Operational Projects: $ 598,696
Land development code rewrite: $350K; Upgrade work order system $210,851; Increase
Software/system support $226,845
Increase Services: $ 1,094,880
Neighborhood clean-up drives $90K; Five new park positions $204,880; Increasee code enforcment $800K
Increase Current Costs: $3,851,765
Increase Insurance $2,429,460; Increase medical/food services – jail $1,422,305
Other
Increase allocation to outside agencies $89,911
Increase in City CRA (per law) $565,706
Ivan Loan Payoff $ 3,369,407
Total Uses: $23,495,378
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RO: Are these the county’s biggest priorities? Why aren’t the capital expenditures – especially Hwy 113A – paid by the local option sales taxes? Why wasn’t the property appraiser furniture included in the capital plan for the new courthouse?
We increasing code enforcment by $800,000, but spending nothing more on public health when all our recent studies show we have critical needs (Left Behind Part 1: Heathcare).
Here are the email addresses of the County Commissioners. They vote Thursday night.
