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O-431-M . . . CITY OF CLERMONT ORDINANCE NO. 431-M Page I AN ORDINANCE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12S.01(1)(q), FLORIDA STATUTES (1999), CONSENTING TO THE INCLUSION OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA, WITIDN 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 a non-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 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; . . . . . . CITY OF CLERMONT ORDINANCE NO. 431-M Page 2 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 within the boundaries of the "Lake County Municipal Service Taxing Unit for Ambulance and Emergency Medical Services." 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 S. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon final adoption by the City Council of the City of Clermont, Florida. First Reading this lOth day of July, 2001. Second Reading this 24th day of July, 2001. PASSED AND ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY FLORIDA TillS 24'h DAY OF JULY 2001. Attest: /7 C lS:PH~clerk C----..~. T~ ""-HAROLD S. TURVILLE, JR. Mayor