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RESOLUTION NO. 15 -76/77
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA
REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF PALM BEACH
ADOPT A BUDGET FOR THE PALM BEACH SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT WHICH DOES NOT SPREAD THE COST
OF THE SHERIFF'S ROAD PATROL TO PROPERTIES
LYING WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES
MAINTAINING THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENTS
WHEREAS, the proposed budget for the Palm Beach County
Sheriff's Department for the fiscal year 1977/78 includes Three Million
Three Hundred and Fifty -six Thousand Five Hundred and Twenty -four
Dollars ($3,356,524.00) for the Sheriff's Road Patrol; and
WHEREAS, the Sheriff's Road Patrol provides police protection
and police patrols for the unincorporated areas of Palm Beach County
and certain municipalities within Palm Beach County which do not
maintain their own police departments; and
WHEREAS, for fiscal years commencing with the 1974/75
fiscal year and thereafter the cost of the Sheriff's Road Patrol has
not been charged to any property lying within a Palm Beach County
municipality maintaining its own police department; and
WHEREAS, Florida Constitution, Article VIII, Section 1, (H),
provides that no property situated within a municipality shall be
subject to taxation for services rendered by the County exclusively
for the benefit of property or residents in the unincorporated areas;
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WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the Village Council of the
Village of Tequesta that the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Road Patrol
is exclusively for the benefit of the property and residents in the
unincorporated areas; and
WHEREAS, the budget for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's
Department for the fiscal year 1977/78 must be adopted by the Board
of County Commissioners of the County of Palm Beach;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA:
Section 1 . That the Board of County Commissioners of Palm
Beach County is hereby requested to adopt a budget for the Palm Beach
County Sheriff's Department which budget will not subject property
lying within Palm Beach County municipalities maintaining police
departments to a levy for ad valorem taxes to pay for or to support
the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Road Patrol.
Section 2 . That the Village Clerk is hereby authorized to
mail a certified copy of this Resolution to the Board of County
Commissioners of Palm Beach County.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was offered by Councilmember
Joseph D. Yoder , who moved its adoption. The Resolution
was seconded by Councilmember W Harvey Mapes and upon
being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
FOR ADOPTION AGAINST ADOPTION
Howard F. Brown
Stephen Huggins
W. Harvev Mapes
James Ryan
Jo seph Yoder
The Mayor thereupon declared the Resolution duly passed and
adopted this 9 day of August , A.D., 1977
MAYOR OF TEQUESTA
ATTEST:
Villa ' Clerk