Resolution 278-1983
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RESOLUTION NO. 278_1983
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR AND THE
CABINET OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO USE THEIR
BEST EFFORTS TO OBTAIN FOR MONROE COUNTY
RELIEF FROM THE INTOLERABLE TAX BURDEN PLACED
ON THIS COUNTY BECAUSE OF CIRCUMSTANCES
BEYOND THE COUNTY'S CONTROL; REQUEST THAT THE
GOVERNOR AND CABINET ADDRESS THE QUESTION OF
RELIEF FOR MONROE COUNTY IN IT'S AD VALOREM
TAX PROBLEMS WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE
BURDEN CREATED BY THE DESIGNATION OF MONROE
COUNTY AS "AN AREA OF CRITICAL STATE
CONCERN"; REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR AND CABINET
TO MAKE AVAILABLE PERSONNEL OR FINANCIAL AID
POSSIBLE AT THIS CRITICAL TIME FOR MONROE
COUNTY.
WHEREAS, ad valorem property tax assessments have escalated
alarmingly in the past year in Monroe County, Florida, and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and County Commission of Monroe County
find that one of the reasons for the drastic increase in
assessments and the necessity for the same has been occasioned
by the designation of Monroe County as an "Area of Critical
Concern" and the curtailment of development in Monroe County, and
WHEREAS, Monroe County has been caught in a severe tax bind
in that the inability to develop more properties in this County
have drastically curtailed the ad valorem tax roll, and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and County Commission of Monroe County
desire to make known to the Governor and Cabinet this problem,
and
WHEREAS, because of the action of the State, this condition
exists and it should be addressed, not only by Monroe County, but
by the Governor and Cabinet of the State of Florida, now,
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNTY COMMISSION OF MONROE
COUNTY, that:
1. The Governor and Cabinet be called on by Monroe County
to lend any and all assistance of any sort available to aid
Monroe County in relieving the problem of this County which is
occasioned by the fact that ad valorem tax assessments have risen
drastically. That one of the causes, therefore, is that the
assessment roll of Monroe County has not been augmented by new
construction since the provisions of Chapter 380 designating
Monroe County as an "Area of Critical Concern" has hindered such
augmentation.
2. That the Governor and Cabinet be called on to lend any
and all assistance to Monroe County to relieve any deficiencies
created by the failure in utilizing potential development of the
County, that the same has been occasioned by stringent
restrictions placed on the County from the standpoint of
development that resulted from the same being declared an "Area
of Critical Concern".
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
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Attest:
RALPH W. \'i1{m:, ~lERK
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