O-545-MCITY OF CLERMONT
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION
125.01(1)(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 M.S.T.U. FOR A SPECIFIED TERM
OF YEARS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. !,
WHEREAS, Lake and Sumter Counties have taken action to create anon-profit'
corporation to provide ambulance services in Lake and Sumter Counties 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 servicei
taxing unit authorizing the County to levy. ad valorem taxes therein for the provision ofd
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
• municipal service taxing unit may include all or part of the boundaries of a municipality if th~
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 Ci
of Clermont within the boundaries of the "Lake County Municipal Service Taxing Unit fo
Ambulance and Emergency Medical Services," subject to the adoption of an approving ordinanc
by the City Council of the City of Clermont;
NOW THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Clermont, Florida:
Section 1.
The City Council of the City of Clermont consents to the inclusion of the City of Clermont withi~
the boundaries of the "Lake County Municipal Service Taxing Unit for Ambulance an
Emergency Medical Services."
CITY OF CLERMONT
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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 competenjt
jurisdiction, such adjudications shall not apply to or affect any other provision of this Ordinanceb
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.
• Introduced on first reading this 14~' day of March, 2006, by the City Council of the City of I!
Clermont, Florida.
Passed and Ordained on Final Reading this 28~` day of March, 2006 by the City Council of
the City of Clermont, Florida.
City of Clermont
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Haro d S. Turville, Jr., Ma or
Attest:
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racy Ackroyd, City C( k
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