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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
C ounty of M onroe
Mayor David Rice, District 4
Mayor Pro Tem Craig Cates, District 1
The Florida Keys
Michelle Coldiron, District 2
Vacant, District 3
Holly Merrill Raschein, District 5
County Commission Meeting
March 16, 2022
Agenda Item Number: I.1
Agenda Item Summary #10354
REVISED BACK-UP:Resolution was corrected to reflect February 16, 2022 as BOCC Ordinance
approval date creating Section 22-129 and included the Ordinance No. 004-2022.
BULK ITEM: No DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services
TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Steven Hudson (305) 289-6342
N/A
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: BOG approval of a Resolution, which supersedes Resolution No.
294-2008, and adopts an amended fee schedule for use by the special taxing district for providing
ground ambulance services. The amended fee schedule increases the existing rates for ground
transport services.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
At the BOCC meeting held on January 21, 2022, MCFR was granted approval by the BOCC to
advertise for a Public Hearing for an Ordinance of the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, creating Section 22-129 of Article VI other municipal service taxing units in
Chapter 22 special districts, of the Monroe County code by re-adopting and codifying Ordinance
031-1988 (Fire and Ambulance District 1) as amended herein, as amended by Ordinance 033-1996
amending Section 3 and Ordinance 004-2002 in order to change the name of the Lower and Middle
Keys Fire and Ambulance District to Fire and Ambulance District 1 in support of an update to
Resolution No. 294-2008.
At the February 16 BOCC meeting, MCFR requested BOCC approval for a Public Hearing for an
Ordinance of the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, creating Section 22-
129 of Article VI other municipal service taxing units in Chapter 22 special districts, of the Monroe
County code by re-adopting and codifying Ordinance 031-1988 (Fire and Ambulance District 1) as
amended herein, as amended by Ordinance 033-1996 amending Section 3 and Ordinance 004-2002
in order to change the name of the Lower and Middle Keys Fire and Ambulance District to Fire and
Ambulance District 1 in support of an update to Resolution No. 294-2008.
Subsequently, MCFR is requesting approval of a Resolution which supersedes Resolution No. 294-
2008 and adopts an amended fee schedule for use by the special taxing districts for providing ground
ambulance services. The amended fee schedule increases the existing rates for ground transport
services.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
2022: Board approval was granted at the February 16, 2022 BOCC for a Public Hearing
to approve and incorporate into the Monroe County Code of Ordinances the
newly created Section 22-129 of Article VI Other Municipal Service Taxing Units
in Chapter 22 Special Districts.
2022: Board approval was granted at the January 21, 2022 BOCC to advertise a PH for
an Ordinance of the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida,
creating Section 22-129 of Article VI other municipal service taxing units in
Chapter 22 special districts, of the Monroe County code by re-adopting and
codifying Ordinance 031-1988 (Fire and Ambulance District 1) as amended
herein, as amended by Ordinance 033-1996 amending Section 3 and Ordinance
004-2002 in order to change the name of the Lower and Middle Keys Fire and
Ambulance District to Fire and Ambulance District 1 in support of an update to
Resolution No. 294-2008.
2018: Board adopted Ordinance No. 0016-2018.
1988: Board adopted Ordinance No. 031-1988.
1977: Board amended Ordinance No. 5-1977 by Ordinance No. 4-1981; Ordinance No.
14-1977; Ordinance No. 12-1978; Ordinance No. 7-1979; Ordinance No. 11-
1979; Ordinance No. 50-1987, Ordinance No. 44-1988 and Ordinance No. 35-
1996.
1977: Board adopted Ordinance No. 5-1977.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval
DOCUMENTATION:
Ground Transport Ambulance Fees Resolution 2022 BOG final
2008-294 GROUND AMB RATE RESOLUTION
Ordinance For Section 22-129
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Effective Date: 03/16/2022
Expiration Date:TBD
Total Dollar Value of Contract:N/A
Total Cost to County: N/A
Current Year Portion: N/A
Budgeted: N/A
Source of Funds: N/A
CPI: N/A
Indirect Costs:N/A
Estimated Ongoing Costs Not Included in above dollar amounts: N/A
Revenue Producing:N/AIf yes, amount:N/A
Grant: N/A
County Match:N/A
Insurance Required: N/A
Additional Details: N/A
REVIEWED BY:
James Molenaar Completed 03/01/2022 2:44 PM
Steven Hudson Completed 03/01/2022 2:55 PM
PurchasingCompleted 03/01/2022 2:58 PM
Budget and FinanceCompleted 03/01/2022 2:59 PM
Brian Bradley Completed 03/01/2022 3:53 PM
Lindsey BallardCompleted 03/01/2022 4:00 PM
Board of County Commissioners Pending 03/16/2022 9:00 AM
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
C ounty of M onroe
Mayor David Rice, District 4
Mayor Pro Tem Craig Cates, District 1
The Florida Keys
Michelle Coldiron, District 2
Vacant, District 3
Holly Merrill Raschein, District 5
County Commission Meeting
March 16, 2022
Agenda Item Number: I.1
Agenda Item Summary #10354
BULK ITEM: No DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services
TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Steven Hudson (305) 289-6342
N/A
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: BOG approval of a Resolution, which supersedes Resolution No.
294-2008, and adopts an amended fee schedule for use by the special taxing district for providing
ground ambulance services. The amended fee schedule increases the existing rates for ground
transport services.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
At the BOCC meeting held on January 21, 2022, MCFR was granted approval by the BOCC to
advertise for a Public Hearing for an Ordinance of the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, creating Section 22-129 of Article VI other municipal service taxing units in
Chapter 22 special districts, of the Monroe County code by re-adopting and codifying Ordinance
031-1988 (Fire and Ambulance District 1) as amended herein, as amended by Ordinance 033-1996
amending Section 3 and Ordinance 004-2002 in order to change the name of the Lower and Middle
Keys Fire and Ambulance District to Fire and Ambulance District 1 in support of an update to
Resolution No. 294-2008.
At the February 16 BOCC meeting, MCFR requested BOCC approval for a Public Hearing for an
Ordinance of the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, creating Section 22-
129 of Article VI other municipal service taxing units in Chapter 22 special districts, of the Monroe
County code by re-adopting and codifying Ordinance 031-1988 (Fire and Ambulance District 1) as
amended herein, as amended by Ordinance 033-1996 amending Section 3 and Ordinance 004-2002
in order to change the name of the Lower and Middle Keys Fire and Ambulance District to Fire and
Ambulance District 1 in support of an update to Resolution No. 294-2008.
Subsequently, MCFR is requesting approval of a Resolution which supersedes Resolution No. 294-
2008 and adopts an amended fee schedule for use by the special taxing districts for providing ground
ambulance services. The amended fee schedule increases the existing rates for ground transport
services.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
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2022: Board approval was granted at the February 16, 2022 BOCC for a Public Hearing
to approve and incorporate into the Monroe County Code of Ordinances the
newly created Section 22-129 of Article VI Other Municipal Service Taxing Units
in Chapter 22 Special Districts.
2022: Board approval was granted at the January 21, 2022 BOCC to advertise a PH for
an Ordinance of the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida,
creating Section 22-129 of Article VI other municipal service taxing units in
Chapter 22 special districts, of the Monroe County code by re-adopting and
codifying Ordinance 031-1988 (Fire and Ambulance District 1) as amended
herein, as amended by Ordinance 033-1996 amending Section 3 and Ordinance
004-2002 in order to change the name of the Lower and Middle Keys Fire and
Ambulance District to Fire and Ambulance District 1 in support of an update to
Resolution No. 294-2008.
2018: Board adopted Ordinance No. 0016-2018.
1988: Board adopted Ordinance No. 031-1988.
1977: Board amended Ordinance No. 5-1977 by Ordinance No. 4-1981; Ordinance No.
14-1977; Ordinance No. 12-1978; Ordinance No. 7-1979; Ordinance No. 11-
1979; Ordinance No. 50-1987, Ordinance No. 44-1988 and Ordinance No. 35-
1996.
1977: Board adopted Ordinance No. 5-1977.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval
DOCUMENTATION:
Ground Transport Ambulance Fees Resolution 2022 BOG final
2008-294 GROUND AMB RATE RESOLUTION
Ordinance For Section 22-129
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Effective Date: 03/16/2022
Expiration Date: TBD
Total Dollar Value of Contract: N/A
Total Cost to County: N/A
Current Year Portion: N/A
Budgeted: N/A
Source of Funds: N/A
CPI: N/A
Indirect Costs: N/A
Estimated Ongoing Costs Not Included in above dollar amounts: N/A
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Revenue Producing: N/A If yes, amount: N/A
Grant: N/A
County Match: N/A
Insurance Required: N/A
Additional Details: N/A
REVIEWED BY:
James Molenaar Completed 03/01/2022 2:44 PM
Steven Hudson Completed 03/01/2022 2:55 PM
Purchasing Completed 03/01/2022 2:58 PM
Budget and Finance Completed 03/01/2022 2:59 PM
Brian Bradley Completed 03/01/2022 3:53 PM
Lindsey Ballard Completed 03/01/2022 4:00 PM
Board of County Commissioners Pending 03/16/2022 9:00 AM
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RESOLUTION NO. ___-2022
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS,FIRE AND AMBULANCE
DISTRICT 1 OFMONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, SUPERSEDINGRESOLUTION NO.
294-2008, AND ADOPTING ANAMENDED FEE SCHEDULE FOR USE BY THE
SPECIALTAXING DISTRICT FOR PROVIDING GROUNDAMBULANCE SERVICES
WHEREAS, it is necessary for the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, to increase its ground ambulance fees as reflected in the subsequent ground ambulance
fee schedule.
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 050-1987 was passed and adopted by the Board of County
Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida on November 17, 1987;
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 3 of said Ordinance No. 050-1987, the governing
bodies of several special taxing districts shall have the right to establish rates of user fees by
Resolution, and
WHEREAS, the Board of Governors, Fire and Ambulance District 1 of Monroe County,
Florida, previously adopted Resolution No. 263-2004, adopting a fee schedule for use by the
special taxing district that provides County operated ground ambulance services in Monroe
County,
WHEREAS, the Board of Governors, Fire and Ambulance District 1 of Monroe County,
Florida, previously adopted Resolution No. 294-2008, adopting a fee schedule foruse by the
special taxing district thatprovides County operated ground ambulance services in Monroe
County,
WHEREAS, on January 21, 2022 the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida adopted an Ordinance creating Section 22-129 of Article VI Other Municipal Service
Taxing Units of Chapter 22 Special Districts re-adopting Ordinance 31-1988, as amended by
Ordinance 33-1996 and Ordinance 4-2002,Fire and Ambulance District 1,and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 1 of Monroe County CodeSection 22-129, the
Monroe County Fire Rescue Department shall establish by resolution ambulance rates to be
charged users, and subject to approval by the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
and the Board of Governors of Fire and Ambulance District 1.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS, FIRE
AND AMBULANCE DISTRICT 1 OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that,
1.Resolution No. 294-2008, adopted by the Board of Governors on September 17, 2008, is
hereby superseded by this Resolution; and
2.Effective March 16, 2022, the Board adopts the following Fee Schedule for use by the
special taxing district for providing ground ambulance services:
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Transport Base Fee –Basic Life Support (BLS)$600.00
Transport Base Fee –Advanced Life Support (ALS1)$750.00
Transport Base Fee –Advanced Life Support (ALS2)$950.00
Transport Base Fee -Specialty Care Transport (SCT)$1050.00
Standby (Special Events)$200.00 per hour
Mileage$14.50per mile
3.Per Resolution No. 267-2021, adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida on August 18, 2021 which provides for ground transport for VA Veterans,
the following fee will apply:
One Way Transport Back to County$2,500.00 (flat fee)
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Governors, Fire and Ambulance District 1 of Monroe
County, Florida, at a regular meeting of the Board held on the 16thday of March, 2022.
Chairman Bruce Halle______
Vice-Chairman Greg Lewis, Chairperson______
Mayor David Rice______
Commissioner Craig Cates______
Commissioner Holly Merrill Raschein ______
(Seal)
ATTEST:BOARD OF GOVERNORS, FIRE AND
KEVIN MADOK, CPA, CLERK OF COURTAMBULANCE DISTRICT 1 OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By: _________________________________By: ________________________________
As Deputy ClerkMayor/Chairperson
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ORDINANCE-202
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY,FLORIDA, CREATING SECTION 22-129 OF ARTICLE VI
OTHER MUNICIPALSERVICETAXINGUNITSIN CHAPTER 22 SPECIAL
DISTRICTS, OF THE MONROE COUNTY CODE BY RE-ADOPTING AND
CODIFYING ORDINANCE 031-1988 (FIRE AND AMBULANCE DISTRICT 1) AS
AMENDED HEREIN, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE 033-1996 AMENDING
SECTION 3 AND ORDINANCE 004-2002 IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE NAME
OF THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS FIRE AND AMBULANCE DISTRICT TO
FIRE AND AMBULANCE DISTRICT 1; DELETING SECTION 1 OF
ORDINANCE 031-1988 AND RENUMBERING THE REMAINING SECTIONS;
CREATING FIRE AND AMBULANCE DISTRICT 1; SETTING FORTH THE
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES; SETTING FORTH THE COMPOSITION OF THE
GOVERNING BODY; PROVIDINGFOR THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE
GOVERNING BODY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
WITH THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE
MONROE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS,
authorized by Article VIII of the Florida Constitution and Chapter 125, Florida Statutes, to adopt ordinances
not inconsistent with general law; and
WHEREAS, Section 125.01(1)(q), Florida Statutes, grants to counties the authority to establish
and abolish municipal service taxing units for the provision of numerous municipal services; and
WHEREAS, on January 25, 1977, municipal service taxing o
created by the BOCC via Ordinance No. 5-1977 for the purpose of providing fire protection, ambulance
service, street lighting, and parks and recreation within the territorial limits of said Districts;and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 5-1977 was amended by Ordinance No. 4-1981 to clarify that the
municipal service taxing or benefit units were created only for fire protection and ambulance services, and
wasalso amended via Ordinance No. 14-1977; Ordinance No. 12-1978, Ordinance No. 7-1979, Ordinance
No. 11-1979, Ordinance No. 50-1987, Ordinance No. 44-1988, and Ordinance No. 35-1996;and
WHEREAS, in 1988, the BOCC adopted Ordinance No. 031-1988, creating the Lower and Middle
Keys Fire and Ambulance District and in 2005 the Legislature created the Key Largo Fire Rescue and
Emergency Medical Services Districtvia Ch. 2005-329, both of which were created for the purpose of
funding fire and ambulance service and thereby duplicating the purposes of the municipal service taxing or
benefit units created under Ordinance No. 5-1977; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 31-1988, as amended by Ordinance 33-1996 and Ordinance 4-2002
(changing the name of the District to Fire and Ambulance District 1) was never codified; and
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WHEREAS, due to the establishment of Fire and Ambulance District 1, on August 15, 2018, the
BOCC adopted Ordinance 016-2018 abolishing the Districts established by Ordinance No. 5-1977 as those
Districts were no longer needed for the purpose for which they were established; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 31-1988,as amended herein, as amended by Ordinance 33-1996 and
Ordinance 4-2002 should be re-adopted and codified in the Monroe County Code;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: Section 22-129of Article VIOther Municipal Service Taxing Units ofChapter 22
Special Districts shall be created to re-adopt Ordinance 31-1988, as amended by Ordinance 33-1996 and
Ordinance 4-2002, and as amended herein to read as follows:
Section 22-129. Fire and Ambulance District 1 created.
(a) District created. Pursuant to the authority granted in Chapter 125, Laws of Florida, and Article
7, Sec. 9(b), Florida Constitution, and pursuant to the procedure of F.S. 165.041, there is hereby
createda municipal service taxing district for the purpose of providing the following essential
municipal services:
1)Ambulance service; and
2)Fire service.
In carrying out the purposes described in this Ordinance, the District shall be financed from
ad valorem taxes collected solely within the District.
On or before September 30 of each year, the Chief of Monroe County Fire and Rescue shall
provide an annual written report to the Commission stating the ambulance rates being charged along
with a written proposal for any requested rate changes.
All ambulance rates charged by Monroe County Fire Rescue shall be established by
Resolution, and shall be subject to approval by the Board of County Commissionersand the Board
of Governors of Fire and Ambulance District 1. Such fees may only be expended by the District for
the District purposes set forth in this Ordinance
(b) Name of District/District Boundaries.The District shall be known as Fire and Ambulance
District 1 and shall include the following areas: All of unincorporated Monroe County, Florida;
the City of Layton; the City of Key Colony Beach; and, excluding Ocean Reef and those areas
encompassed within the Key Largo Fire Rescue and Emergency Services District.
(c) Composition/Designation of Governing Body.
1)The cities of Key Colony Beach and Layton shall be included in Fire and Ambulance
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District 1 by passing a city ordinance approving such inclusion by the 1of July immediately prior
to the commencementof the fiscal year for which the cities wish to be included. Alternatively, the
cities may obtain fire and ambulance service fromthe districtby interlocal agreement. However, in
the event an interlocal agreement is entered into between the district and a municipality, such
agreement shall include an express provision as to how such municipality shall pay for its
participation in the district which may be either from funds derived from service charges, special
assessments or taxes imposed within such municipality or from budgetary payments madein the
due courseof law from such municipality to the district.
2)Upon the passage of such an ordinance by one of the cities, the governing body of the
District shall consist of four members of the board of county commissioners and one member of
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the governing body of the city; if both cities elect to become part of the district, the governing body
of the district shall consist of three members of the board of county commissioners and one member
from each of the cities. In either case, the county and city(ies) shall designate their representatives
on the district governing body by resolution. If none of the cities choose to be included within the
District, the chairman of the board of county commissioners shall be the chairman of the district
governing body. If any of the cities choose to be included, the chairman shall be elected by the
district governing body for a one year term, which may be successive. Three members of the District
governing body constitute a quorum. A majority quorum shall be necessary for the transaction if
business.
(d) Governing Body Powers.
1)The governing body of the District shall have all the power of a body corporate,
including the power to enter into interlocal agreements pursuant to Chapter 163, Florida Statutes,
including interlocal agreements to provide fire and ambulance service to the Cities of Key Colony
Beach and Layton; to contract on behalf of the District; to sue and be sued; to adopt and use a
common seal and to alter thesame at pleasure; to acquire, by either gift or purchase, lease and
convey real estate and personal property, including equipment, and except as such transactions may
be limited herein, as the governing body may deem proper or expedient to carry out District
purposes; to employ such experts, agencies and employees as the governing body may deem
advisable; and to borrow money and to issue negotiable promissory notes and certificates of
indebtedness as hereinafter provided. In order to carry out the purposes enumerated in this
Ordinance, the District may exercise the powers, including implied powers, granted by all
applicable general and special laws, ordinances, and resolutions.
2)The governing body shall have the power to acquire any real or personal property using
installment or deferred payments, but only to the extent that such are lawful under Article VII,
Sections 10 and 12, Florida Constitution, and any general or special law implementing the same.
3)The governing body, in order to carry out the purposes of the District, is authorized to
borrow money and issue certificates of indebtedness therefor, upon such terms and at such rates of
interest as the governing body may deem advisable in accordance with Article VII, Section 12,
Florida Constitution,the implementing statutes, Chapter 125, Laws of Florida, and any other
applicable general or special law. The certificates of indebtedness may be a charge upon all
revenues derived from taxes in that fiscal year or may be made payable from budgetary requirement
in due course of law, as the governing body may elect.
4)The governing body, when it deems it advisable, is authorized to acquire by gift or
purchase, and to pay the purchase price for, the services of independent contractors for the purpose
ofcarrying out any of the functions described in Section 2 of this Ordinance, only limited to the
extent that the purchase or gift is controlled by general or special law. The governing body shall
also have the authority to hire such personnel as the body deems advisable and to prescribe rules
and regulations pertaining thereto so long as the same is not inconsistent with general or special
law.
(e) Clerk of Court/Comptroller. The Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, Sixteenth Judicial
Circuit of the State of Florida, as ex officio Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, shall be
ex officio clerk, auditor, recorder of the minutes and ac
The members of the governing body shall not receive additional compensation for their service as
members. The books of the District shall be audited by the same officers and in a like manner as
the books of other County officers and departments in conformance with applicable general law.
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(f)Deposit/Handling of Funds. The Districtfunds shall be deposited in the name of the District in
a bank authorized to receive deposits of County funds, which bank shall be designated by a
Resolution of the governing body. Such designation of the bank for the deposit of funds therein
shall be the exercise of due care and diligence on the part of the Clerk of the safekeeping of said
funds. No funds of the District shall be paid or distributed save and except by warrant, signed by
the Chairman of the governing body and attested by the Clerk. No warrant shall be drawn or issued
against the funds of the District except for the purposes authorized by this Article, and no such
warrants against the funds of the District shall be drawn or issued until after the account or
expenditure for which the same is to be given in payment has been ordered and approved by the
governing body.
(g) Use of Funds. The District funds shall only be expended for the following purposes:
1)The governing body is authorized to pay from the funds of the District all expenses
necessarily incurred in the formation of the District.
2)The administration of the affairs and business of the District authorized by the governing
body;
3)The purchase, construction, care, upkeep, maintenance and operation of such real and
personal property, including fixtures, necessary for carrying out the purposes of the District as
stated in this Ordinance as authorized by the governing body;
4)Compensation for the employees of the District and for all consultants and other outside
experts and staff as authorized by the governing body;
5)The repayment of all debts lawfully incurred whether authorized by the terms of this
Ordinance or by general or special law.
(h) Levy of Taxes.
1)The governing body of the District is authorized and empoweredand directed annually
to levy upon all the real and personal taxable property in the District, including participating
municipalities, a sufficient tax to pay all necessary costs, of whatever type, including capital
expenditures, as authorized by this Article within the limits fixed for municipal purposes for
municipal service taxing units under Article VII, Section 9(b), Florida Constitution and Chapter
125, Florida Statutes.
2)The levy by the governing body of the taxes authorized by any provision of this Article
shall be by Resolution of such body duly entered upon the minutes of the body. Millage shall be
set and ad valorem taxes levied thereon in accordance with the provisions of general law and in like
manner as required for the setting of millage and levy of ad valorem taxes by a county. It shall be
the duty of the County Commissioners to order andrequire the CountyProperty Appraiser to assess,
and the County Tax Collector, to collect, the amount of taxes so assessed or levied by the Board of
County Commissioners of the District upon the taxable property in the District at the rate of taxation
adopted by said Board of Commissioners of the District for such year and included in the warrant
of the Property Assessor and attached to the assessment roll of taxes for such year and included in
the warrant of the Property Assessor and attached to the assessment roll of taxes for this County
each year. The Tax Collector of the County shall collect such tax so levied by such Board in the
same manner as other taxes are collected, and shall pay the same over to the governing body of the
District, levied upon within the time and in the manner prescribed by law for the payment of the
Tax Collector of County taxes and shall be held by such body and paid out to this as provided in
this Article. Tax certificates and tax deeds shall be issued for all delinquent properties in
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accordance and in like manner as the same are authorized to be issued by Chapter 197 of the Florida
Statutes and other general and special laws regulating the issuance of same for nonpayment of
delinquent County and ad valorem taxes.
3)It is herein and hereby determined that the municipal service taxes herein provided for
those services enumerated in sub-section (a) aboveare municipal assessments for municipal or
peculiar benefits accruing to the properties within the District against which properties such levies
are directed to be made. It is also herein and hereby found, determined and declared that the
services enumerated in sub-section (a) aboveare public purposes and essential municipal services
under the terms of Florida Statutes, Section 125.01(1)(q).
(i) Referendum Required. Prior to the imposition of an ad valorem levy to be pledged for any form
of indebtednessas described in Article VII, Section 12, Florida Constitution, or when otherwise
required by general or special law, a referendum election must be held and passed favorably by a
majority of those electors voting in the election. The procedure shall be asfollows:
1)The Board of County Commissioners, by Resolution, shall request that the Supervisor
of Elections conduct a referendum election within the territorial boundary of the District. In
addition, the election procedure, including notice and the form of the ballot question, shall be in a
manner conforming to general law.
2)The proposed levy or purchase request shall be deemed to have passed when a majority
of the electors voting in the referendum election shall have voted for the levy or levies described in
the ballot.
3)The proposed levy, if authorized by the electors and thereafter levied by the Board of
County Commissioners, shall only be used for the purposes set forth on the ballot.
(j) Duties.
1)The officers of the District governing body shall have the duties, whether mandated by
statute or common law, usually pertaining to, vested in, and incumbent upon like officers. A record
shall be kept of all meetings of the governing body. The governing body may adopt the rules and
regulations it deems necessary in and about the transaction of its business and in carrying out the
provisions of this Article.
2)The governing body of the District shall, on or before the first day of November, or such
other date as may be required by general or special law, make an annual report of its actions and
accounting of its funds as of the thirtieth day of September of each year in accordance with the
provisions of general and special law and in the same manner as is required by other County
departments and agencies. The report shall be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, whose duty shall be to receive and file such report and keep the
same as a public record.
3)The fiscal year of the District is hereby fixed as commencing on the first of October and
ending on the thirtieth day of September.
(k) Volunteers.Volunteers of the District shall be entitled to reimbursement of expenses pursuant
to Section 2-260, et seq., Monroe County Code.
SECTION 2: SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of this
Ordinance is held invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected by such invalidity. If this
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Ordinance or any provision thereof shall be held to be inapplicable to any person, property or circumstances,
such holding shall not affect its applicability to any other person, property or circumstances.
SECTION 3: CONFICT WITH OTHER ORDINANCES. All ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of said conflict.
SECTION 4: The provisions of this Ordinance shall be included and incorporated in the Code of
Ordinances of the County of Monroe, Florida, as an addition or amendment thereto, and shall be
appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform numbering system of the Code.
SECTION 5: TRANSMITTAL AND EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be filed with
the Department of State and shall be effective as provided in Section 125.66(2), Florida Statutes.
PASSED AND ADOPTED bythe Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at aregular meeting of said Board held on the ________ day of _________________, 202.
MayorDavid Rice
MayorPro TemCraig Cates
CommissionerMichelleColdiron
CommissionerDistrict3
(SEAL)BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Attest: KEVIN MADOK, ClerkOF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By: By:
Deputy ClerkMayor/Chairperson
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