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Traveling Traveling Cost per Event Employee per Employee TOTAL
Legislative 1 4 $125 $140 $34 $681
FTCA Executive 1 4 $125 $140 $34 $681
TOTAL $1,362
TOTAL SCHOOL, CONFERENCE OR OTHER TRAVEL $34,708
TOTAL TRAVEL REQUEST $45,208
POSTAGE WORKSHEET
OKALOOSA
Type of Mail Number of Items Postage Rate Total
MASS MAILINGS:
TAXES:
Tax Notices - Real Property 105,658 0.51 $53,886
Tax Notices - Personal Property 12,919 0.51 $6,589
Reminder Notices - Real & Personal Property 7,149 0.51 $3,646
Installment Notices 9,572 0.59 $5,647
Informational Notice to Mortgagor 261 0.51 $133
TAGS AND REGISTRATIONS:
Motor Vehicles 207,500 0.49 $101,675
OTHER: (Specify Type)
Business Tax Receipts 14,000 0.49 $6,860
Tourist Tax 5,000 0.49 $2,450
Amount Reimbursed by County for Tax Mailings: ($70,000)
TOTAL MASS MAILINGS $110,886
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
Metered Mail 27,500 $0.49 $13,475
Priority Mail / Certified Mail Fluctuating Variable $3,500
TOTAL GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE $16,975
TOTAL POSTAGE REQUEST $127,861
EDUCATION WORKSHEET
OKALOOSA
SCHOOLS
Number
Sponsor City Tuition Texts Attending TOTAL
TOTAL
WORKSHOPS
Number
Sponsor City Tuition Texts Attending TOTAL
IT Workshops TBA 175 4 $700
Leadership Okaloosa Niceville 900 2 $1,800
Gulf Power Economic Symp. TBA 150 4 $600
TOTAL $3,100
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
Number
Sponsor City Tuition Texts Attending TOTAL
Spring TC Education Forum TBA 225 4 $900
Fall TC Education Forum TBA 225 8 $1,800
FABTO Conference TBA 250 3 $750
FGFOA Conference TBA 250 1 $250
FTDTA Conference TBA 225 4 $900
Ethics Seminar Online 75 4 $300
TOTAL $4,900
Number
Sponsor City Tuition Texts Attending TOTAL
TaxSys User Group TBA 150 8 $1,200
OCTC Training Day TBA 60 75 $4,500
TOTAL $5,700
OTHER EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES (SPECIFY) TOTAL
TOTAL EDUCATION EXPENSES $13,700
Contract Worksheet
OKALOOSA FY 2015-16
OBJECT ANNUAL
CODE VENDOR NAME PURPOSE OF CONTRACT AMOUNT
4451 Copy Products Company copy machine lease $15,020
4451 MailFinance postage meter lease $4,700
4453 Ruckel Properties Niceville office lease terminating Dec. 31, 2015 $73,500
4654 Grant Street Goup Tax Collection and Billing system (TaxSys) $281,400
Maintenance contract for Q-Flow (ticketing and
4654 ACF Technologies queuing customers) $15,500
4654 RT Lawrence Maintenance contract for high speed processors $17,000
4654 Competitive Solutions, Inc. PBL ScoreCard Business Management Software $4,390
Annual maintenance for Accounting software
(BUCS budgetary control system / CHIPS
4654 Donald R. Frey & Company payroll system) $9,500
principal/interest debt service payments for
62 Summit Bank Niceville building purchase $210,000
GRAND TOTAL $631,010
VEHICLE INVENTORY FORM
OKALOOSA 2015-16
Year Leased or
Vehicle Make Model Purchased Mileage Assigned Work Unit
2008 Ford Expedition 2008 91946 Field
2006 Ford Expedition 2006 87786 Field
2006 Ford Explorer 2006 53157 Ft Walton Beach Office
2008 Ford Expedition 2008 72391 Ft Walton Beach Office
2011 Toyt Scion 2012 31299 Maintenance
2012 Toyt Scion 2013 21646 Field
2012 Toyt Sienna 2014 32730 Ft Walton Beach Office
DATA PROCESSING PURCHASE
JUSTIFICATION
OKALOOSA
LENGTH OF COST
ITEM NUMBER MAKE AND PAYMENT FOR FISCAL
REQUESTED REQUESTED MODEL NUMBER SCHEDULE YEAR 2015-16 FULL COST
Network switch 1 WS-C3560X-48P-E $13,000 $13,000
Check One Below:
REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING EQUIPMENT ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT
STATEMENT OF NEED: To include but not be limited to age, condition, response time, etc. of existing equipment.
Network switch would provide needed hardware in our new Niceville location that would connect and route communication
between multiple devices on our computer network, ie. Servers, desktop computers, and peripheral equipment.
HOW LONG WILL THIS PURCHASE FULFILL THOSE NEEDS?
Should be indefinite.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR PERTINENT INFORMATION
73 Eglin Pkwy N.E., Suite 111 4012 Commons Dr. West, Unit 122
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548 Destin, FL 32541
302 N. Wilson Street, Suite 101 310 Van Matre Ave.
Crestview, FL 32536 Suite 155, Building 210
Eglin AFB, FL 32542
506 Highway 85 North
Niceville, FL 32578 (850) 689-5700 (850) 651-7300
OKALOOSA COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR
www.okaloosatax.com
Comprehensive Plan
The Okaloosa County Tax Collector's office operates in a RedHat Linux, MSSQL and MySQL
database environment with Windows 7 workstations. Currently, the software used on the tax and
billing server is provided by Grantstreet Group. TAXSYS is a web based software for the
collection and distribution of Taxes to include the Tourist Development Tax. Other systems
include the Vital Statistics birth certificate issuance, Concealed Weapon License issuance, BUCS
Accounting, Axis Camera system, High Speed Processor, QFLOW numbering system. OCTC
servers operate on Server 2008.
As an Agent for various state agencies, these combined systems are used to process Driver
Licenses, Motor Vehicle transactions and various other state functions while providing a
connection into shared interfaces for cashiering within TaxSys using Payment Express, Renew
Express(Motor Vehicle renewal), and Deed Express. Currently 7 Tax Collector offices provide
driver license services while Niceville is the only office to offer road testing.
Goal:
To keep existing printers and servers operating past the estimated life, repair parts have been
purchased for in house repair as they fail. Replacement of printer only if repair does not work.
2015-2016
Update Antivirus
Continue training regimen for IT department
Website redesign for mobile capability
Webserver replacement
Replace management department laptops
Upgrade Spam filter
Upgrade to Office 365
Replacement of receipt printers on counters (Repaired 12 during FY14-15)
2016-2017
Update Antivirus
Replace HP450 laptops
Continue training regimen for IT department
Renew SSL Certificates for the website as well as exchange server.
BUCS Server upgrade
Domain Server replacement
Update Antivirus
Continue training regimen for IT department
Replace aging servers (HP DL320G5)
2017-2018
Update Antivirus
Camera Server Replacement
DETAIL OF VACANT POSITIONS
OKALOOSA
Pos. Position Annual Rate # Days
No. Classification 9/30/15 Vacant
9 Director of Tax Department 79,310 position was vacant during FY15
requesting position classification name change and funding for 9 months. Annual rate is
* decreasing to $31,710
* Please insert additional lines if necessary.
2015-16 Tax Collector
OKALOOSA
Estimated Estimated Annual
FTE By Activity
FTE Transactions
Property Tax
