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Originally Posted by BrianL99
Community Watch drives around all day and mans the Gates. That's it. They're Mall Cops with automobiles.
Try to get your head around these numbers:
The Community Watch Budget in FY 24 was $11,800,000
Community Watch Budget increased approximately 14% for FY25 ... +/- $13,000,000.
PWAC (South of 466) = +/- 60%
AAC (North of 466) = +/- 40%
I'm fairly certain the PWAC is currently subsidized by the Developer, their % will increase.
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PWAC does not pay for Community Watch. Community Watch is an amenity and is paid for with amenity fees. PWAC is funded with maintenance fees.
In what way do you believe PWAC (or RAD or SLAD) is subsidized by the Developer? Which revenue line item captures this subsidy? (The Developer did contribute $3M towards a project in the current year but not in previous years and not in the upcoming year)
The numbers I see in the proposed budgets are different from yours.
RAD (30%):
$3.392M -> $3.638M : 7% increase
SLAD (70%):
$7.065M -> $8.356M : 18% increase
Total:
$10.457M -> $11.994M : 12% increase
I haven't attended any of the workshops to hear why the RAD increase was greater than inflation. The SLAD increase includes coverage for much of the new development over the last year.
EDIT:
Much or all of the 7% increase in RAD might have been due to an increase in the Florida minimum wage. Much of the Community Watch budget goes towards pay and moving from $12/hr to $13/hr is an 8% increase.