Function/Program 2014 2015 2016 General government Planning and Development Services (1) Code Enforcement Violations 6,052 5,632 5,775 Building Plans Reviewed 15,921 17,774 19,093 Permits Issued 27,945 30,571 32,255 ROW/Culvert Permits Issued 504 602 685 Utilities Permits Issued 81 89 89 Residential Certificates of Occupancy (CO's) 1,126 1,239 1,501 Public safety Fire-Rescue (2) Response Time (minutes) 5.50 5.60 5.79 Urban Response Time (minutes) - - - Rural Response Time (minutes) - - - Fire Responses 5,129 4,693 7,989 Medical Responses 46,925 54,144 54,182 Inspections 3,107 3,350 3,231 Sheriff Arrests 9,974 9,173 8,892 Alarm Calls for Service 9,015 9,747 10,151 Traffic Citations 36,107 35,233 35,299 Physical environment Water Resource Management Tonnage of Artificial Reef Materials 12 13 20 Natural Resources % of Wetland Impacts to Wetlands on Existing Development Projects 2.00 0.35 15.50 Transportation Transportation Lane Miles of Road Maintained 2,346 2,351 2,361 Lane Miles of Road Resurfaced 25 111 75 Linear Feet of Roadway Striped 30,225 32,430 99,880 Economic environment Tax Increment Financing Dollars for Englewood 1,070,819 1,205,918 1,402,984 Local Business Tax (Occupational Licenses) 31,220 30,523 29,338 Human services Public Health Services Funding for Human Services Programs (Millions) 8.9 8.9 8.9 Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 Population 5.4 5.0 5.8 Veterans Served 8,496 9,296 9,303 Culture & recreation Parks & Recreation Recreation Program Participants 292,042 684,704 640,474 Beach Attendees 4,923,128 5,819,063 5,151,294 Libraries Total Circulation 2,899,191 2,955,974 2,779,838 Total Patron Count 1,932,557 1,926,181 1,811,452 Total Program Attendance 114,977 123,282 102,963 Enterprise funds Utility System (3) Water Accounts (average accounts served) 82,241 84,690 86,163 Total Sales (000's Gallons) 5,898,390 5,926,583 6,089,678 Water Produced (000's Gallons) 615,229 791,806 534,599 Water Purchased (000's Gallons) 6,012,361 6,115,971 6,517,355 Wastewater Accounts (average accounts served) 74,456 77,943 79,663 Total Billed Flows (000's Gallons) 4,681,251 4,840,160 4,958,825 Wastewater Treated County-Owned Facilities 4,850,534 5,032,128 5,225,571 Wastewater Treatment by Contract (000's Gallons) 474,034 477,988 406,628 Solid Waste (4) Waste Processed (000's Lbs. per Day) 1,730 1,829 1,921 Recyclables Processed (000's Lbs. per Day) 314 346 398 Stormwater Utility (5) Number of ESU's (Equivalent Stormwater Units) 191,510 192,438 193,377 Sarasota County Transportation Authority Fixed Route, Passengers 2,882,065 2,740,771 2,571,881 Fixed Route, Total Miles 3,189,814 3,253,650 3,226,894 Demand Response, Passengers 173,549 181,685 191,264 Demand Response, Total Miles 1,443,218 1,472,999 1,502,834 (1) Permitting system-related data is only through August 15, 2023 for Fiscal Year 2023 (the last day of regular departmental permitting and (2) Beginning in FY2023, response time is reported in the 90th percentile vs. average and is split between Urban and Rural zones. (3) Dolomite Utilities Corp. acquisition in December 2013. (4) Hurricane Irma caused the 2018 increase in solid waste processed. (5) 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 310
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