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FY2025 Budget Planning Questionnaire

Help Shape Santa Rosa County's Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. We want to hear from you!

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96 registered responses


How did you learn about the survey?

Response Percent Response Count
Budget Planning Meeting 6.3% 6
Emailed News Release 49.0% 47
Facebook/Social Media 20.8% 20
County Website 2.1% 2
Other 21.9% 21

What is your zip code?

Response Percent Response Count
Gulf Breeze- 32561, 62, or 63 19.8% 19
Jay- 32565 4.2% 4
Milton- 32570, 72 or 83 28.1% 27
Navarre- 32566 22.9% 22
Pace- 32571 25.0% 24

Which of the following categories does your age fall into?

Response Percent Response Count
18-24 1.0% 1
25-34 3.1% 3
35-44 15.6% 15
45-54 15.6% 15
55-64 24.0% 23
65 or older 38.5% 37
Prefer not to answer 2.1% 2

Are you a business owner in Santa Rosa County?

Response Percent Response Count
Yes 24.0% 23
No 76.0% 73

Are you a Santa Rosa County resident?

Response Percent Response Count
Yes 100.0% 96

The adopted budget documents provide a list of planned expenditures by department broken down into individual account lines. Have you reviewed the FY23 or FY24 Adopted Budgets?

Response Percent Response Count
Yes 37.9% 36
No 55.8% 53
Unsure 6.3% 6

On a scale 1 to 5, how do you feel the County is performing related to the following service categories? (1=not good, 5=very satisfied)

Road Infrastructure/Traffic Management
Response Percent Response Count
1 30.5% 29
2 33.7% 32
3 21.1% 20
4 11.6% 11
5 3.2% 3
Stormwater/Drainage Infrastructure
Response Percent Response Count
1 23.2% 22
2 30.5% 29
3 27.4% 26
4 16.8% 16
5 2.1% 2
Law Enforcement/Public Safety
Response Percent Response Count
1 1.1% 1
2 8.4% 8
3 18.9% 18
4 42.1% 40
5 29.5% 28
Economic Development
Response Percent Response Count
1 18.9% 18
2 15.8% 15
3 29.5% 28
4 21.1% 20
5 14.7% 14
Parks & Recreation
Response Percent Response Count
1 18.9% 18
2 20.0% 19
3 24.2% 23
4 26.3% 25
5 10.5% 10

You've got 10 dots to 'spend'. How would you spend them on these services?

Response Percent Response Count
Road Infrastructure/Traffic Management 31.9% 303
Stormwater/Drainage Infrastructure 20.7% 197
Law Enforcement/Public Safety 19.8% 188
Economic Development 10.2% 97
Parks & Recreations Infrastructure 16.6% 158

If additional funding sources are added for infrastructure revenue, rank the following in order of your preference with 1 being the most favorable and 5 being the least favorable).

Average priorities over 96 responses

  1. Fee added to new construction or increased occupancy for commercial. The revenue is restricted to capacity improvements for those who pay the fee. Fees are collected at the time of building permit issuance and could generate $3,000,000 to $4,000,000 annually.

    Impact Fees

  2. An additional 1/2 cent tax added to taxable items capped at $5,000 per item. The revenue is restricted to only transporation improvements or maintenance and cannot be used for employee salaries or benefits. An additional 1/2 cent could generate $16,100,000 annually.

    Transportation 1/2 Cent Surtax

  3. Assessment fee added to parcels within county maintained subdivisions. The revenue is restricted expenditures to maintain the stormwater infrastructure within a subdivisions. A $50 to $100 annual assessment could generate $500,000 to $1,000,000 annually.

    Stormwater Municipal Service Benefit Unit

  4. Fee added to the water/sewer utilities for the use of right of way. This fee is similar to electric franchise fees that are charged on electric bills and capped at $10 monthly for residential customers. This type of fee could generate $2,500,000 to $3,000,000 annually.

    Water/Sewer Franchise Fee

  5. The current tax rate is 6.0953 mils. There are very few restrictures on ad valorem revenues. Based on the current taxable value (fluctuates annually), one mil is equal to $16,100,000. If the millage was increased by 0.5 mil to 6.5953 revenues would be increase by $8,000,000. 

    Ad Valorem (Property Tax) Increase

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