Function/Program 2015 2016 2017 General government Planning and Development Services (1) Code Enforcement Violations 5,632 5,775 4,887 Building Plans Reviewed 17,774 19,093 22,461 Permits Issued 30,571 32,255 35,298 ROW/Culvert Permits Issued 602 685 760 Utilities Permits Issued 89 89 96 Residential Certificates of Occupancy (CO's) 1,239 1,501 1,767 Public safety Fire-Rescue (2) Response Time (minutes) 5.60 5.79 5.98 Urban Response Time (minutes) N/A N/A N/A Rural Response Time (minutes) N/A N/A N/A Fire Responses 4,693 7,989 8,853 Medical Responses 54,144 54,182 56,358 Inspections 3,350 3,231 2,681 Sheriff Arrests 9,173 8,892 8,221 Alarm Calls for Service 9,747 10,151 10,165 Traffic Citations 35,233 35,299 27,196 Physical environment Water Resource Management Tonnage of Artificial Reef Materials 13 20 211 Natural Resources % of Wetland Impacts to Wetlands on Existing Development Projects 0.35 15.50 15.01 Transportation Transportation Lane Miles of Road Maintained 2,351 2,361 2,358 Lane Miles of Road Resurfaced 111 75 53 Linear Feet of Roadway Striped 32,430 99,880 143,000 Economic environment Tax Increment Financing Dollars for Englewood 1,205,918 1,402,984 1,671,812 Local Business Tax (Occupational Licenses) 30,523 29,338 31,744 Human services Public Health Services Funding for Human Services Programs (Millions) 8.9 8.9 8.9 Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 Population (3) 5.4 5.1 5.8 Veterans Served 9,296 9,303 9,108 Culture & recreation Parks & Recreation Recreation Program Participants 684,704 640,474 1,142,248 Beach Attendees 5,819,063 5,151,294 4,840,928 Libraries Total Circulation 2,955,974 2,779,838 2,677,810 Total Patron Count 1,926,181 1,811,452 1,769,422 Total Program Attendance 123,282 102,963 113,601 Enterprise funds Utility System (4) Water Accounts (average accounts served) 84,690 86,163 87,590 Total Sales (000's Gallons) 5,926,583 6,089,678 6,343,406 Water Produced (000's Gallons) 791,806 534,599 821,942 Water Purchased (000's Gallons) 6,115,971 6,517,355 6,227,313 Wastewater Accounts (average accounts served) 77,943 79,663 81,179 Total Billed Flows (000's Gallons) 4,840,160 4,958,825 5,103,617 Wastewater Treated County-Owned Facilities 5,032,128 5,225,571 4,954,359 Wastewater Treatment by Contract (000's Gallons) 477,988 406,628 401,642 Solid Waste (5) Waste Processed (000's Lbs. per Day) 1,829 1,921 1,954 Recyclables Processed (000's Lbs. per Day) 346 398 406 Stormwater Utility (6) Number of ESU's (Equivalent Stormwater Units) 192,438 193,377 194,264 Sarasota County Transportation Authority Fixed Route, Passengers 2,740,771 2,571,881 2,435,175 Fixed Route, Total Miles 3,253,650 3,226,894 3,209,583 Demand Response, Passengers 181,685 191,264 187,850 Demand Response, Total Miles 1,472,999 1,502,834 1,783,387 (1) Permitting system-related data is only through August 15, 2023 for Fiscal Year 2023 (the last day of regular departmental permitting and enforcement services/activities reporting from the now archived system) (2) Beginning in FY2023, response time is reported in the 90th percentile vs. average and is split between Urban and Rural zones. (3) There is a two-year lag in data as reported by the Florida Health Department. (4) Dolomite Utilities Corp. acquisition in December 2013. (5) Hurricane Irma caused the 2018 increase in solid waste processed. (6) The methodology for calculating ESU's changed in 2022 from a three-component tiered system to a two-component tiered system. Source: Office of Financial Management Fiscal Year Sarasota County, Florida Operating Indicators by Function/Program Last Ten Fiscal Years 324
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