Ordinance No. 2020-18 - Municipal Service Taxing Unit (MSTU)ickin
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CITY OF CLERMONT
ORDINANCE NO.2020-18
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 125.010)(q), FLORIDA STATUTES (1999), CONSENTING TO
THE INCLUSION OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA, WITHIN
THE COUNTY -WIDE MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING UNIT FOR THE
PROVISION OF AMBULANCE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES, AS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA; PROVIDING FOR
THE CITY TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN SAID MUNICIPAL SERVICE
TAXING UNIT FOR A SPECIFIED TERM OF YEARS; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY, EFFECTIVE DATE AND PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, Lake County has taken action to create a non-profit corporation to provide
ambulance services in Lake County effective September 30, 2000; and
WHEREAS, Lake County has determined that the best mechanism to secure the necessary
funding to provide said ambulance services is to create a countywide municipal service taxing unit
authorizing the County to levy ad valorem taxes therein for the provision of ambulance and
emergency medical services, and has enacted an emergency ordinance creating that municipal
service taxing unit; and
WHEREAS, Section 125.01(1)(q), Florida Statutes, provides that the boundaries of a
municipal service taxing unit may include all or part of the boundaries of a municipality if the
affected municipal consents, by ordinance, to be included therein; and ,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Clermont has determined that it is in the best
interest of and serves the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of Clermont to include
the City of Clermont within the Lake County municipal service taxing unit for ambulance and
emergency services; and
WHEREAS, Lake County's emergency ordinance expressed its intent to include the City
of Clermont within the boundaries of the "Lake County Municipal Service Taxing Unit for
Ambulance and Emergency Medical Services," subject to the adoption of an approving ordinance
by the City Council of the City of Clermont;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Clermont,
Lake County, Florida:
SECTION 1.
The City Council of the City of Clermont consents to the inclusion of the City of Clermont within
the boundaries of the "Lake County Municipal Service Taxing Unit for Ambulance and Emergency
Medical Services."
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ORDINANCE N0. 2020-18
SECTION 2.
This consent shall be for a term of one (1) year.
SECTION 3.
All Ordinances or parts of this Ordinance in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4.
Should any section or part of this section be declared invalid by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such adjudications shall not apply to or affect any other provision of this Ordinance,
except to the extent that the entire section or part of the section may be inseparable in meaning and
effect from the section to which such holding shall apply.
SECTION 5.
This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon final adoption by the City Council of the City
of Clermont, Florida.
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nmaa..,aosCITY OF CLERMONT
ORDINANCE NO.2020-18
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Clermont,
Lake County, Florida on this 10th day of March, 2020.
CITY OF CLERMONT
Gail L. Ash, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Tracy Ackroyd Howe, City Clerk
Approved orm and legality:
Daniel F. Mantzaris, City Attorney