Resolution 040-1976RESOLUTION NO. 40 - 1976
RESOLUTION REQUESTING ENACTMENT OF SPECIAL LEGIS-
LATION TO.PROVIDE ..FOR THE IMPOSITION OF ANNUAL
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR GARBAGE AND TRASH COLLEC-
TION AND DISPOSAL AND FOR DIRECT GOVERNMENTAL
COLLECTION THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida are desirous that the burden of paying for garbage and trash
collection and disposal within the unincorporated areas be shared
equally by those persons requiring said service; and
WHEREAS, through annual special assessment for trash collec-
tion and disposal and governmental collection of same, that all per-
sons will receive and pay their fair share for said service and re-
duce the litter problem occasioned by those persons who -presently
avoid subscribing to a trash collection service by -disposing of
their trash illegally, and
WHEREAS, many citizens of Monroe County have recognized the
need for and have expressed their desire that said trash.collection
and garbage disposal assessment be placed on the annual tax roll
rather than collected by private persons, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA that the Monroe County legislative delegation to the
Florida Legislature be and are hereby requested to sponsor in the next
session of said legislature special legislation which will provide for
the direct governmental collection of waste collection special assess-
ments authorizing the annual levy of special assessments.
DATED: February 24, 1976
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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(SEAL)
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Clerk