Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 02-28-12 regular — reading text

2010 2009 2008 What is the total number of fire- related civilian fatalities in your jurisdiction 1 1 0 over the last three years? What is the total number of fire- related civilian injuries in your jurisdiction 2 3 5 over the last three years? What is the total number of line of duty member fatalities in your jurisdiction 0 0 0 over the last three years? What is the total number of line of duty member injuries in your jurisdiction 5 11 8 over the last three years? Over the last three years, what was your organization' s average operating 251830 budget? What percentage of your TOTAL budget is dedicated to personnel costs 90% c salary, overtime and fringe benefits)? What percentage of your annual operating budget is derived from: Enter numbers only, percentages must sum up to 100% a Taxes? 96 % O1 EMS Billina9 0% Grants? 1% LL0 0% Donations? uc 0% Fund drives? mA Fee for Service? 3% m Other? 0% ae If you entered a value into Other field ( other than 0), please explain TheThe CityCity ofof FortFort WaltonWalton BeachBeach isis anan incorporatorincorporator a,a, municipality. Fire department funding is m accomplished accomplished almostalmost exclusivelyexclusively throughthrough adad valoremvalorem taxestaxes basedbased onon propertyproperty values.values. DueDue toto cc propertyproperty taxtax legislationlegislation enactedenacted byby thethe FloridaFlorida Legislature during the summer of 2007, the city'; o millage rate for 2007 -08 was reduced 9. 6% from a previous year. In January, 2008, the Florida vote GG passedpassed " " AmendmentAmendment 11";"; aa taxtax reformreform actact thatthat doubled many property owners' homestead d exemptionexemption amount.amount. ThisThis resultedresulted inin anotheranother 8%8% EE toyear, the another city's 2008 -09 comprehensive budget. Thi ny property tax exemption law was PleasePlease describedescribe youryour organization'organization' ss needneed forfor Federal Federal financialfinancial assistance.assistance. enactedenacted byby thethe FloridaFlorida LegislatureLegislature forfor U.U. S.S. militamilita We recommend typing your response in a Word Document outside of this service members that were deployed for duty. In application, then copying and pasting it into the written field. There is a 4000 military town" such as the City of Fort Walton charactercharacter limit.limit. Beach,Beach, thisthis resultsresults inin yetyet another another decreasedecrease inin ta)ta) revenue. These cuts, in conjunction with the tremendous tremendous downturndownturn inin FloridaFlorida homehome valuesvalues ovov the past several years have had a tremendous impact on our department' s funding. The fire departmentdepartment doesdoes notnot havehave aa designated designated fundingfunding sourcesource thatthat isis strictlystrictly forfor firefire protection.protection. TheThe firefire department is financed through the city' s genera fund and must annually compete with other city departmentsdepartments andand servicesservices forfor everever - - decreasing decreasing tztz dollars. Our current total budget is $ 3, 813, 092; however, 90% of this budget is expended on personnel costs. There is only $ 194, 100 in the currentcurrent budgetbudget forfor operations.operations. ThisThis representsrepresents aa