Fiscal Year 2013 Recommended Budget Book - Lake County

Honorable Members of the Board of County CommissionersBudget Message for Fiscal Year 2013July 12, 2012Page 15RESTRICTED LOCAL PROGRAMS (FUND 1310)Departments: Conservation and Compliance, Community Services, Public Resources, SheriffThe Restricted Local Programs fund was established in FY 2010 to account for certain restricted revenuesthat previously were budgeted in the General Fund. Since restricted revenues must be spent for thepurposes they were received, these revenues had to be tracked manually to assure that unspent funds werenot inadvertently directed to other programs and services. With the establishment of this fund, theserevenues will no longer be co-mingled with General Fund revenues. The FY 2013 budget includesfunding for Sheriff deputy training through traffic education and police education funds, court cost andteen court fees, alcohol and drug abuse, Dori Slosberg traffic education, Choose Life license platerevenues, boating license fees, Florida Arts license plate revenues, Hispanic Obesity, and Your HeartYour Life.ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONS BLOCK GRANT (FUND 1320)Department: Growth ManagementLake County has been awarded $2.8 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act(ARRA) Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Formula Grant Program. This grantis overseen by the U.S. Department of Energy. The program is scheduled to end in July 2012.DEBT SERVICE (FUNDS 2510, 2610, 2710, 2810)Department: Debt ServiceFour debt service funds have been established to repay the principal and interest expenses related to longtermdebt on various revenue and general obligation bond issues. In April 2007, the County issued $34.7million in general obligation bonds for the purpose of acquiring and improving lands within the County toprotect drinking water resources, preserve natural areas, protect open space from overdevelopment,provide parks and trails and improve water quality.The County has sold three other revenue bond/bank issues backed by sales tax revenues. A $4.4 millionrevenue bond issue backed by state sales tax revenues (used to replace racing tax revenues previouslydistributed by the state) is for land acquisition and various park projects and walking and biking trails.A $10 million commercial bank loan to help fund the 800 MHz radio system is backed by the County’sshare of a 1% local option infrastructure sales tax.An $87.4 million revenue bond issue backed by the County’s half-cent sales tax revenues is for acquiring,constructing, and equipping the Downtown Tavares Center for Governmental Operations and JudicialCenter and other governmental facilities.LANDFILL ENTERPRISE (FUND 4200)Department: Public WorksThe Landfill Enterprise fund supports the Solid Waste Division, as well as the operation of the Covantaplant. The Solid Waste Operations section is comprised of landfill operations, residential drop-offs, scaleservices, and yard waste operations. The Solid Waste Programs section includes hazardous waste,customer service, recycling and collection services. The staff manages the $5.75 million contract withCovanta Lake, Inc. Covanta is a waste-to-energy facility that incinerates most solid waste. The FY 2013