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0 0 BOOK 21 PAGE ,561 Fund Balance The County will maintain as a floor an available fund balance equal to 14% of the General Fund budget at the end of each fiscal year; however, the County will strive to reach a target of 18%. • General Fund balances in excess of target levels will be transferred to capital reserve funds to provide equity resources to fund the County's capital improvement plan. Competitive Employment In order to recruit and retain the most qualified employees while ensuring fairness and non- discrimination, Lee County will commit to conducting a comprehensive compensation and classification study every five years. The study shall be based on the complexity and relative worth of each job as well as an extensive market comparability analysis which identifies competitive pay rates for jobs similar in content to those of the County in the labor market in which we compete for our labor supply. In an effort to maintain competitive rates of pay the County will strive to make annual cost of living adjustments for all employees based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners, Southern Region, Average of All Groups. Tax rate • In an effort to stabilize the County's tax rate, the Board of Commissioners will adopt a tax rate that considers the succeeding four years' anticipated expenditures and will strive not to change the rate until the next revaluation. • The Board of Commissioners prefers to limit the growth of the annual operating budget to an amount which can be accommodated by growth in the tax base as well as other local state and federal revenues, without a tax rate increase, whenever possible. • In an effort to stabilize the County's tax rate, the County will strive to develop and annually review projections of revenues, expenditures and fund balance for the next five years. Longer range projections should be developed as necessary. • In an effort to stabilize the County's tax rate, all grant funded positions will be reviewed annually to verify continuation of funding. If grant funds are no longer available for a position, the position will be terminated unless a non-tax related source of revenue is provided to cover the cost of the position. Adopted this 7'h day of May, 2007. obert T. eives, irman, Finance Committee Robert H. Brown, Chairman, Board of Commissioners