Resolution 097a-1961
RESOLUTION NO. 97 -1961
A RESOLUTION DECLARING IT TO BE NECESSAR Y TO ERECT
A JAIL SUB-STATION AT MARATHON, MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA, AND LEVY A TAX THEREFOR.
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Sections 135.01 and 135.02,
Florida Statutes Annotated, the Board of County Commissioners is author-
ized to erect a Jail and additions thereto and to levy a building tax therefor
not exceeding five (5} mills per annum for not more than thirty (30) con-
secutive years, provided a hearing on the question of erecting such Jail
and/ or additions is held as therein provided for, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said Statute, notice has been published in The
Key West Citizen that a public hearing would be held at this meeting for th e
purpose of discussing, hearing any objections and taking action on the con-
struction of a Jail Sub-Station at Marathon, Monroe County, Florida, and
WHEREAS, at this meeting all persons desiring to be heard have been
heard, and the foregoing question has been thoroughly discussed and it has
been determined by the Board of County Commissioners to be necessary and
to the best interest of the County to erect a Jail Sub-Station at Marathon,
Monroe County, Florida, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has previously levied
building taxes not to exceed five (5) mills on the dollar, and
WHEREAS, said previously levied building taxes have never exceeded
five (5) mills and at the present time only. 75 of a mill is required to be
levied for building purposes and the estimated cost of erecting such Jail Sub-
Station at Marathon, Monroe County, Florida, will not increase the necessary
levy of the building tax to exceed five (5) mills on the dollar, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVE.D BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
1. That it is necessary to construct a Jail Sub-Station at Marathon,
Monroe County, Florida.
2. That for the purpose of paying the cost of construction of such
Jail Sub-Station at Marathon, Monroe County, Florida, there shall be and
is hereby levied on all taxable property in Monroe County, Florida, not
exempted from such tax by law, a building tax which in addition to the pre-
viously levied building tax shall not exceed five (5) mills on the dollar, for
the year 1962, and for a period not to exceed thirty (30) years a building
tax which in addition to the previously levied building tax is not to exceed
five (5) mills on the dollar, such tax and the proceeds thereof shall be in-
cluded in the annual budget for said County in each of said years, and such
tax shall be extended and collected in each such year at the same time and
in the same manner as are other taxes levied for County purposes and when
collected shall be paid into a special fund and be used exclusively for the
purpose for which the tax is herein levied. All officers of Monroe County,
Florida, charged with the performance of duties in connection with the levy,
assessment and collection of county taxes, are hereby authorized and direc-
ted to do all things necessary to assure the annual extension, prompt collec-
tion and proper application of the tax herein levied.
3. That this Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its
adoption.
Dated ....Yf (H). I tf ~. .'
, 1961.