WHAT IT COULD HAVE FUNDED INSTEAD
VERIFIED~$100 MILLION ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
The county's capital budget carries the new County Administration Center (Project 83203) at about $100.2 million — approved and financed in a series of 5-0 votes on January 31, 2023, Commissioner Smith seconding. The benchmarks below measure that ~$100.2M total.
2,691
YEARS
of CNA salary ($33,280 + benefits)
1,552
DOWN PAYMENTS
on median Sarasota homes ($64,500 each)
2,224
YEARS
of food service wages ($37,107 + benefits)
47
YEARS
of the entire county library budget ($2.1M/year)
33
SCHOOLS
worth of annual elementary school operating costs ($3M each)
ZERO
working families who asked for a new admin building
A ~$100 million building — with a TV studio and a wellness center.
Illustrative of scale; capital and operating funds are not always interchangeable.
SarasotaCountyFacts.org
Sources: Sarasota County adopted budget CIP FY2024–FY2026 (total project ≈ $100.2M); BCC official minutes, Jan 31, 2023 (Res. 2023-020/021/022); County ACFR FY2024-FY2025, Note 7; BLS OEWS May 2024; FL EDR
