Ordinance 80-085 AN ORDINANCE OF COLLIER COUNTY~ FLORIDA, CRE-
ATING A CENERAL UNINCORPORATED BUNICIPAL SER-
VICE TAXING UNIT FOR T~E PURPOSE OF PROVIDING
~J~I. CIPAL SERVICES IN THE ENTIP. E UNINCORPO-
RA]~D APdA OF COLLIER COUNTY. CRANTING THE
I~I~D OF COUNTY COHHISSIONERS POUR AND AU-
THORITY AS TKE COVERRING BODY OF THE UNIT;
~...'GRAFrlNG THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO
-AI~D. ~,EVY SERVICE CHARGES, SFECIAL ASSESSHENTS
~"OR, '.AD VALOREH TAXI~S IN T~ UNIT TO PAY FOR
iE$SFdiTIAL FACILITIES AND HI/~IIClPAL SERVICES
~.F~_S~D BY THE COUNTY IN TH]~ UNITs GRANTING
'~rH~i_J, PO%'ER AND AUTHORITY TO DETERHINE
AHOIJ~ OF AD VALOREH TAXES W]IICIt HUST BE LEV-
lED AND COLLECTED IN THE UNIT TO PAY FOR SER-
VICES AND PROJECTS PROVIDED OR FURNISHED BY
ThE COUNTY II~ TIlE UNIT; DECLARING AN EI~ERCEN-
CY TO EXIST AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COHNISSIONERS OF COLLIER
COUNTY FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Unincorporated County Area Hunicipal Service Taxing
Unit - General (the "Unit") is hereby created and established consisting
of all of the unincorporated areas of Collier County, Florida, less and
except all property laying within the incorporated areas and limits of
each of the municipalities located in Collier County, Florida.
Section 2. The Board of County Commissioners of Collier County,
Florida, hereinafter referred to as the "Board", shall serve as the
governing body of the Unit, and shall exercise those powers, prescribed
for such unica by §125.01(q), Florida Statutes.
Section 3. The Board shall have the power and the authority to
cause to be provided or furnished within said Unit any one or more of
the followlng: fire protection, law enforcement, beach erosion control,
recreation service and facilities, water, streets, sidewalka~ street
lighting, garbage and trash collection and disposal, waste and sewage
collection and disposal, drainage, transportation, and other essential
facilities and municipal services to be paid for by funds derived fro~
service charges~ special assessments or ad valorem taxes obtained by the
County within the Unit. The Board may, in its discretio~, establish
additional ~unicipal Service Taxing Units for all or part of the unin-
corporated area to provide any of the foregoing either aa an alternate
to providing said service through the Unit established hereby~ or to
provide supplemental services in such additional units.
Section t. The Board sh~ll have the power smd authority to make an
annual determination as to the extent to which any one or ~ore of the
above-identified essential facilities and municipal services are to be
furnished by the County within the Unit durin~ the next fiscal yeer of
the County and determine the amount which will be expended therefore by
the County. In ~aking said annual determination, the Board shell pro-
vide within the Unit. only those essential facilities end municipal
services which are of no real or substantial benefit to the residents
and property within the municipalities of this County~ and es essential
facilities or municipal services which sre of county-wide benefit shall
be included.
Section 5. Thc Board shall have the power and authority to ~ke
annual appropriations of monies for the operation of the Unit and for
the providing or furnishing of the services or projects by the County
mentioned in Section 3 and I hereof and the po~er and authority to
determine and levy service charges, special assessments or ad valorem
taxes, to the extent authorized by law, solely within the Unit for the
purpose of providing and paying for said services or projects.
Section 6. All service charges, special assessments or taxes
apportioned to, levied or collected within and expended for the benefit
of the Unit, shall be maintained and accounted for in separate accounts
or funds for the Unit, with proper accounting records maintained to
identify all receipts, expenditures and cash balances for the Unit.
Section 7. This Ordinance is being adopted to settle the current
dispute between the County and the municipalities therein over "double
taxation." In order to effectuate this settlement for FY 1980-81, the
i~ediate enactment of this Ordinance is necessary, and the Board there=
fore, by affirmative vote of 4/5 of its entire membership, declares that
an emergency exists necessitating the im~ediate enactment of this Ordi-
nance. Accordingly, this Ordinance shall take effect as provided in
§125.66, Florida Statutes for the enactment of emergency ordinances.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED, By the Board of County Coe~issioners of
Collier County, Florida, this the_~~ day of September, 1980.
BOARD OF COUFI~ COI~IISSIOI~ERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
Approved as to rom and legal
sufficiency:
Collier County Attorney
This ordinance filed with the Secretary of State's Office the 9th day
of September, 1980 and acknowledgement of that filing received this 12th
day of September.
BY:~
DAP/rdw/75-I
County Attorney's Office
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STAT£ OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF COLLIER
I, WILLIAM J. REAGAH, Clerk of Courts. in and for the Twentteth
Judicial Circuit, Collier County, Florida, do hereby certify that the
foregoing isa.~ue, ortgtnal of:
ORDINANC£ NO. 80-85
which was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners during Regular
Session, via emergency procedures, September 2, 1980.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of the Board of County
Commissioners of Collier County, Florida, this 2nd day of September,
1980.
WILLIAM J. REAGAN
Clerk of Courts and Clerk
F-x-officio to Board of
County Commissioners
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BY:
V~rgin~ Magri, Deputy~Ylerk ,~'
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