Ordinance 79-017 ORDINA/~CE NO. 79- 17
AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE THE GOODLAND
MUNICIPAL FIRE DISTRICT WITH POWER
TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES
THEREIN AND THE POWER TO LEVY ONE
(1) MIL OF AD VALOREM TAXES UNDER
SECTION 125.01 (q) OF THE FLORIDA
STATUTES; ESTABLISHING THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AS THE GOVERN-
ING BOARD; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the public safety requires fire control ser-
vices within Collier County, Florida and Section 125.01 (q)
of the Florida Statutes grants authority for the Board of
County Commissioners to establish municipal service taxing
districts for the purpose of providing municipal services
within said districts, including fire protection;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE'BOARDOF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1.
A. The Goodland Municipal Fire District is hereby
created. ~
B. The boundaries of said district shall be as follows:
All lands lying eastward of the range line between
Ranges 26 East and 27 East, and lying within Sections 18 and
19 of Township 52 South.
Section 2. GOVERNANCE OF FIRE DISTRICT~ POWERS AND DUTIES.
The governing body of the Fire District shall be the Board
of County Commissioners of Collier County, which Boar~ she -~
have the following powers and duties: ~ ~ ~ ~ ..~
(a) To buy and own fire-fighting equipment and ~o o
maintain a fire department or departments; ~ .~
(b) To buy and own real property, 'improvements and
facilities for the purpose of fire protection and preven-
tion;
(c) To employ and pay any and all necessary firemen,
supervisors and employees of whatsoever nature shall be
needed, for the prevention and extinguishing of fires within
the unit;
(d) To enter into and make all contracts necessary to
the fulfillment of the purposes and intents of this ordinance,
which powur s~]all include the power to contract with ]nunlcl-
palities, volunteer fire districts, and other territories of
the County, to provide, or be provided with, fire protection,
prevention and extinguishment sexwices;
(e) To lease or rent any and all equipment, improve-
ments, facilities and real property which may be necessary;
(f) To appoint and/or employ such fire chiefs or fire
administrators as shall be necessary;
(g) To annually levy upon all the taxable property'
within the Fire District an ad valorem tax in accordance
with the provisions of Section 3 of this ordinance;
(h) To erect fire stations and facilities;
(i) To enter into insurance contracts;
(j) To accept gifts and donations of equipment or
money for use of the Fire District;
(k} To prepare and adopt budgets;
(1) To establish, by proper resolution, rules and
regulations for the governance of the Fire District or any
departments thereof.: and
(m) To do all things which the Board of County Commis-
sioners may by general and special law be otherwise empowered
to do.
Section 3. TAX LEVY AUTHORIZED. In order to pay the
costs and expenses necessary for the establishment, main-
tenance and operations of the Fire District, and for the
payment of the necessary and needful equipment, facilities
and realty therefor, there is hereby authorized to be levied
annually upon all the non-exempt, taxable property within
said Fire District an ad valorem tax not to exceed one mil.
Section 4. CONSTRUCTION. This Ordinance shall be
liberally construed to effectuate its public purpose.
Section 5. SEVERANCE. If any portion, phrase or word
of this Ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional, the
remaining parts shall not be affected.
Section 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall not
become effective until after adoption, filing with the
Secretary of State, and upon receipt of official acknow-
ledgment from the Secretary of State of the certification by
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the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County and its
Clerk that this Ordinance was approved.
Dated: March 6, 1979
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STATE OF FLORIDA )
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLL! E~I. DA
D~vid C. Brown, Chairman /
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Approved as to ~orm & legal suffici~n¢'/
-- - County Attorney
COUNTY OF COLLIER )
Z, WILLIAM J. RFAGAN, Clerk of Courts in and for the ."~'entieth
Judicial Circuit, Collier County, Florida, do hereby certify that
the foregoing is a true original of:
ORDINANCE 79-17
which was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners during Regular
Session March 6, 1979.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of the Board of County
Commi-sioners of Collier County, Florida, this 6th day of March, 1978.
WILLIAM J. REAGAN
Clerk of Courts and Clerk
Ex-officio to Board of
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This ordinance filed with the Secretary of State's Office the
9th day of March, 1979 and acknowledgement of that filing
received this 12th day of March, 1979./"'._~//..
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