R-47-022
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Ci ty Clerk -
By JI/t-l/l/~~
~ifayor -
Attest
CITY OP CL2i~roNT, FIORIDA
NOW THffi EFO~E BE IT R~~::,OI~VED, That we request and expect
the wholehearted support of each membor of tho Legislature
fro'"" I,ake County in tho promotion of t11;i.S program and in the
insurance of aid to our respective communities, and that a
copy of this resolution be for'Narded to each memhe::> of our
individu,.,l nembers of tho Lehislature.
WHE]!EAS. TTn TAX :NECESSARY to be levied for the paj'1'!1ont,
of interest a.nd payment of th,; bondod indebtœdnoaa of Cler:nont
is large, and to levy a tax upon th G non-exumpt p:boperty in th e
Cit y, a large portion of' which is non-producti va, ','!ou1d h~) 3D
exc8sc'ive burden upon the S81"1e; and,
·"'T.TVREAS th Y'1 °d L', '" 1ff i 0 1iti t it
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Annual Com ent ion in Miami Beach, went on rocord as favoring
the contln1J.8.nce of Un pr:;sent cigarette tax and tho. t provision
be lIB. do by law that all cigarette taxes coil.o~tod within a
M~nicipality be redist.ributed to such municipality as a source
of operating revenue, to assist in part illy relieving the
desperate plight of our municipalities, wllich prograJl8 has been
unanimously endoreà.d by [;11.0 Lake County League of Municipalities.
'~íJ:ffiRSAS It appears tho. t a large percentage of fH.I'm and
grove labor employed in the com~unity surrounding Clermont
live in tbe City of Clermont and obtain a great portion of
the irgovernmental service s through the Munici·8. 1 governY"lent
of t.he City of Clermont; and,
w11EREAS, It appears that a large percentage of the
assessed value of the City of Clermont is exempt from taxes
under the provis1.ons of the Constitution o.:\.6n'pting homesteads
from taxes for ope ra ting expenses; and,
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BE IT RBSOLVBD by tho City Council of the City of
Clermont, Lake County, Florida, that:
RESODJTION
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