Tax dollars and other sources of revenue must be spent in accordance with Sarasota County’s budget. The County, in compliance with Florida Statute 129.01(2)(b), budgets taxes and other revenues at 95% of anticipated revenues. The County recognizes the remaining 5% as an acceptable variance factor. The operating budget process is a collaborative efort between the department and the budget analyst staf from the Ofce of Financial Management. The operating analyst provides reports, fnancial analysis, historical and trending information to the department to assist in budget formulation. The budget gets preliminary approval from Administration by going through a budget review process. There are several workshops throughout the year to present the budget to the Board. The Board adopts the budget during two public hearings. SELECT OPERATING BUDGETS1 FY20 Adopted FY21 Adopted Percent Change Cost Per Person2 Board of County Commissioners $ 851,300 $ 856,945 0.7% $ 1.94 Ofce of Financial Management 8,434,610 9,759,175 15.7 22.10 Planning and Development Services 40,061,570 40,664,469 1.5 92.10 Emergency Services 106,671,910 110,266,626 3.4 249.75 Public Utilities 133,047,436 138,337,326 4.0 313.33 Solid Waste 53,132,138 62,456,012 17.5 141.46 Health and Human Services 24,710,343 26,631,415 7.8 60.32 Human Resources 56,648,428 56,851,829 0.4 128.77 Enterprise Information Technology 23,837,797 24,802,225 4.0 56.18 Communications 2,964,714 3,098,670 4.5 7.02 Ofce of County Administrator 2,094,060 2,226,968 6.3 5.04 Governmental Relations (Economic Development) 2,355,728 3,913,144 66.1 8.86 Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) 29,984,759 31,222,232 4.1 70.72 Ofce of County Attorney 3,942,361 4,012,025 1.8 9.09 Libraries and Historical Resources 15,717,978 16,488,688 4.9 37.35 Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources 30,940,683 31,842,796 2.9 72.12 UF IFAS Extension 1,732,538 1,907,704 10.1 4.32 General Services 52,159,001 48,472,988 -7.1 109.79 Property Management (Real Estate Services) 1,638,101 1,404,123 -14.3 3.18 Capital Projects 7,035,002 7,089,391 0.8 16.06 Public Works 49,184,914 50,287,885 2.2 113.90 Non-Departmental 56,750,252 59,486,449 4.8 134.73 Total $703,895,623 $732,079,085 4.0% $1,658.13 Source: (1) Sarasota County Annual Budget FY21. (2) Calculation based on 2021 population numbers from the Florida Legislature, Ofce of Economic and Demographic Research. Impact Report 2021 13
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