HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution_10-83/84_08/15/1984 RESOLUTION NO. 10 -8 3/84
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA,
FLORIDA, DIRECTED TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY
LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION AND TO THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY
EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO THE METHOD OF
FUNDING FOR FIRE PROTECTION, FIRE RESCUE
AND ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES BY THE
NEWLY CREATED MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING UNITS;
OBJECTING TO THE TRANSFER OF THE MILLAGE LEVY
FROM THE PALM BEACH COUNTY TAX ASSESSMENT ROLL;
TO THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA'S TAX ASSESSMENT
ROLL; AND REQUESTING A RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL
FUNDING PROCEDURE WHICH WAS IN EFFECT PRIOR TO
THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE FIRE CONTROL DISTRICTS.
WHEREAS, the Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation
has heretofore sponsored Laws of Florida Chapter 83 -495, providing for
the creation of municipal service taxing units to provide fire protection
and rescue service in Palm Beach County, which was adopted by the Legis-
lature and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State on July 1, 1983; and,
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Palm Beach
County pursuant thereto enacted County Ordinance No. 83 -23 on December 20, 198
thereby creating said municipal service taxing units to provide such services;
and,
WHEREAS, the new system of organization, by supplanting
the former Fire Control Districts, has caused a change in the method of
funding the budget for said services which adversely impacts the budgetary
system of the several municipalities receiving said fire protection services
including the Village of Tequesta; and,
WHEREA, under the new system the mileage levy to fund
fire protection and rescue service provided by the municipal service taxing
units has been transfered to and must be included in the municipality's
total millage rate, thereby reducing the available millage under the 10 mill
municipal tax cap and also creating the public's misconception of a municipal
tax increase.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Village Council of
the Village of Tequesta, Florida:
SECTION 1 . The Village of Tequesta hereby expresses its
opposition to the method of funding for fire protection, fire rescue and
advanced life support services rendered by the newly created municipal
service taxing units within the municipal limits of the Village of Tequesta.
S 2. The Village of Tequesta hereby objects to the
transfer of the millage levy from the Palm Beach County Tax Assessment Roll
to the Village of Tequesta's Tax Assessment Roll which is now required to
fund the budget for fire protection and rescue service rendered by the said
service taxing units.
SE CTION 3. The Village of Tequesta hereby requests the
Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation and the Board of County Commissioners
of Palm Beach County to restudy the problems and methods involved to obtain
a fair and equitable budgetary financing, system for said services and to return
to the original funding procedure which was in effect prior to the consoli-
dation of the Fire Control Districts.
SECTION 4. The Village Manager is hereby directed to meet
and confer with the representatives of the Palm Beach County Legislative
Delegation and the representatives of the Board of County Commissioners of
Palm Beach County, and the representatives of the Palm Beach County Municipal
League and the member municipalities similarly affected and to do all further
things which may be necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this
Resolution.
SEC 5 . The Village Clerk is hereby directed to serve a
certified copy of this RESOLUTION to each of the aforesaid organizations and
governmental agencies and to all interested parties affected thereby.
SECTION 6 . This RESOLUTION shall take effect immediately
upon adoption.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was offered by Councilmember
Lee M. Brown , who moved its adoption. The Resolution was seconded
by Councilmember Arthur Mu rphy and upon being put to a vote, the
vote was as follows:
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FOR ADOPTION AGAINST ADOPTION
Lee M. Brown
Arthur Murphy
Carlton D. Stoddard
The Mayor thereupon declared the Resolution duly passed and
adopted this 15th day of August 1984.
MAYOR OF TEQUESTA
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CARLTON D. STODDARD
ATTEST:
CYRESE C LBERT, VILLAGE CLERK
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