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Resolution 011-1964 RESOLUTION NO. 11-1964 A RESOLUTION DECLARING IT TO BE NECESSAR Y TO CON- STRUCTADDITIONS TO THE JAIL SUB-STATION AT MARA- THON, MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA AND THE JAIL SUB- STATION AT PLANTATION KEY, MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND REPAIRS AND/OR ALTERATIONS TO THE MONROE COUN- TY JAIL AT KEY WEST, MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA. WHEREAS, under the provisions of Sections 135.01 and 135.02, Florida Statutes Annotated, the B>ard 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 (3D) 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 was published in The Key West Citizen that a public hearing would be held on April 14, 1964 for the purpose of discussing, hearing any objections and taking action on the con- struction of additions to the Jail Sub-Station at Marathon, Monroe County, Florida and the Jail Sub-Station at Plantation Key, Monroe County, Florida, and repairs and/or alterations to the Monroe County Jail at Key West, Mon- roe County, Florida, and WHEREAS, at said meeting all persons desiring to be heard were heard, and the foregoing question was thoroughly discussed, and it was de- termined by the Board of County Commissioners to be necessary and to the best interest of the County to construct additions to the Jail Sub-Station at Marathon, Monroe County, Florida, and the Jail Sub-Station at Plantation Key, Monroe County, Florida, and repairs and/or alterations to the Monroe County Jail at Key West, 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. 65 of a mill is required to be levied for building purposes and the estimated cost of making such additions to the Jail Sub-Station at Marathon, Monroe County, Florida and the Jail Sub-Station at Plantation Key, Monroe County, Florida, and repairs and/or alterations to the Monroe County Jail at Key West, 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 RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: 1. That it is necessary to construct additions to the Jail Sub-Station at Marathon, Monroe County, Florida and the Jail Sub-Station at Plantation Key, Monroe County, Florida, and repairs and/or alterations to the Mon- roe County Jail at Key West, Monroe County, Florida. 2. That for the purpose of paying the cost of such construction, 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 previously levied building tax shall not exceed five (5) mills on the dollar, for the year 1964, 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 to be included 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 Coun- ty, Florida, charged with the performance of duties in connection with the levy, assessment and collection of county taxes, are hereby authorized and directed to do all things necessary to assure the annual extension, prompt collection and proper application of the tax herein levied. 3. That this Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. Dated May 11th, 1964.