During the three years of the Land Use Plan exercise I used my management consulting experience to develop models to use the current tax data and recent trends to make future projections of population and property value growth for each of the five regions. I worked with the Planning Director, Ben Woody, to use these projections to estimate future demand for county services including schools, water and public safety. These were compared to the current capacities of these services to project future budget requirements to sustain service levels. This information was used to project future tax rate requirements to achieve a balanced budget as shown on the last page. It became clear that tax hikes would be needed unless the balance between residential area growth and beach tourism industry growth was put back into balance. This information was briefed to county management in 2018.