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ORDINANCE NO...e±:L.
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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING A TAX LEVY ON ALL PROPERTY IN THE
CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, FOR THE YEAR 1955;
PROVIDING A BUDGET OF EXPENSES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF
1955-1956 AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR.
BE IT ORDAINED AND ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COJ!'(;IL OF THE
CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA:
SECTION I. It is hereby round and determined by the City
Council of the City of Clermont, Lake County, Florida, that
the following sums of money are required for the operation
of the government of the City of Clermont for the fiscal
year of November 1, 1955 to October 31, 1956, inclusive:
(Budget on following pages)
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CITY OF CLERMONT
BUDGET
1955 - 1956
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EXPENSES:
BOND DEBT SERVICE:
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSE:
*DEPARTMENTS:
Streets
Water
Sanitation
Fire
Parks-Cemetery-Library
Police
Administration
General Expense
$ 26,550.00
29,290.00
7,800.00
5,580.00
l3,775.00
13,065.00
9,420.00
32.719.76
ESTIMATED REVENUES:
5t Mill Levy-Bond Debt Ser.
lot Mill Levy-Gen. Operations
Cigarette Taxes
Water Revenue
Garbage Revenue
Water Installations
Building Permits '.
Occupational Licenses'
Fines & Forfeitures
Cemetery Lot Sales
Road & Bridge Tax
Fla. Power Corp. Tax
Parking Meters
.Miscel1aneous
City Lot Sales (Reserve
*See attached pages for
,detail of Expenses for
eách Department.
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$ 3l,490.l3
138,259.76
$ 31,490.13
37,359.76
17,250.00
37,000.00
15,000.00
3,750.00 ~
2,000.00 .
5,500.00
4,500.00
l,250.00
1,900.00
2,750.00
3,000.00
1,000.00
6.000.00
$169,749.89 $169,749.89
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DET AIL OF
DEPARTMENTAL EXPENSES.
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DEPARTMENT
STREETS:
Cleaning labor
Supplies
Repairs labor
Lighting
Signs and marking
Side Walk repairs
Drains
Street name signs
Resurfacing materials
New street materials
Miscellaneous
WATER :
Labor
Power for pumping
P~pe and fittings
New Mains
Meters
Meter repairs
Supplies
Hydrants
Miscellaneous
Payments on note
SANITATION:
Labor
Barn at city dump
Miscellaneous
FIRE:
Salaries
Truck Expense
New Hose
Miscellaneous
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PARKS-C~\ETARY-LIBRARY:
Labor
Building repairs
Lighting
Play ground supervision
Library-repairs
Library-operations
Library-pay't on note
Building fund-reserve
Addition to community bldg.
Miscellaneous
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AMOUNT
$ 6,500.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
5,750.00
400.00
200.00
500.00
900.00
2,000.09
3,000.00
300.00
$26,550.00
$ 5,500.00
3,600.00
1,000.00
8,200.00
3,200.00
300.ob
750.00
440.00
300.00
6.000.00
$29,290.00
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$ 7,500.00
200.00
100.00
$ 7,800.00
$ 4,180.00
200.00
1,000.00
200.00
$ 5,580.00
$ 3,000.00
100.00
75.00
500.00
100.00
400.00
500.00
3,000.00
6,000.00
100.00
$13,775.00
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DEPARTMENT
POLICE:
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Salaries
Prisoner expense
Car expenses
Traffic lighting
Traffic Light maintenance
Radio maintenance
Equipment
Supplies
Miscellaneous
$10,040.00
300.00
1.600.00
125.00
100.00
400.00'
150.00-
150.00
200.00
$13,065.00
ADMINISTRATION:
Clerk & Help
Superintendent
Office Supplies
Telephone
$ 5,050.00
3.770.00
500.00
100.00
$9';420.00
GENERAL EXPENSES:
Attorney
Assessor
Treasurer
Audit
Fuel & Lights
City Hall repairs
Insurance
Election expenses
League of Municipalities
Chamber of Commerce
South Lake Hospital
Social Security taxes
County taxes
Mosquito control
Surveying
Employee Insurance
Vault door
Equipment expenses
Truck expenses
New equipment
Miscellaneous
$ 900.00
1,620.00
50.00
700.00
400.00
300.00
4,000.00
50.00
100.00
2,500.00
l,500.ob
1,090.00
75.od
1,200.00
300.00
600.00
650.00
1,500.00
3,300.00
10,400.00
1.544.76
$32,779.76
as determined and based on a Budget for the Fiscal-Year
of 1955-1956 duly adopted by the Council of the City of
Clermont.
SECTION II:
It is hereby found and determined by the
Council of the City of Clermont the total Assessment Roll
of the City of Clermont for 1955, as prepared by the Tax
. Assessor of said City, and as equalized and confirmed by
.. the Council is $6,612,520.00; and, that the following
deductions must be made from the Assessment Roll in order
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to arrive at the value of all property subject to Bond Debt
Service of the City of Clermont:
Exempt property - Government owned,
Church, Fraternal, Widows, Disability,
etc.
$585,700.00
thereby leaving an assessment roll having a total of $6,026,820.00
subject to Bond Debt Service, each Mill levied thereon should
produce, based on 95% collection, $5.725.47, if so collected;
and,
The following further deductions from the Assessment
Roll of $6,026,820.00 must be made in order to arrive at the
true value of property subject to taxation for General Operat-
ing Expenses:
$2,225,350.00
56.130.00
$2,281,480.00
thereby leaving a total Assessment Roll of $3,745,340.00 subject
Homesteads
Excluded Lands
to General Operating Expenses, each Mill levied thereon should
produce, based on 95% collection, $3,558.07. if so collected.
SECTION III:
It is hereby found and determined by the City
Council of the City of Clermont that to raise the sum of
$31,490.13 required for Bond Debt Service, and the additional
sum of $37,359.76 in addition to the estimated revenues as
outlined in Section I hereinabove, and further considering and
anticipating uncollected taxes, a tax levy of 16 Mills is required
to be made as follows:
For Interest & Sinking Fund &
Reserve for Bonded Indebtedness
(Bond Debt Service)
For General Operating Expenses
5t Mills
lot Mills
SECTION IV:
There is hereby levied and shall be collected
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on each dollar of taxable property in the City of Clermont and
in the area excluded from the City of Clermont by Chapter 21152,
Acts of the Legislature, 1941, for Interest & Sinking Fund. and
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Reserve for Bonded Indebtedness, a tax of 5t Mills for the
year of 1955, and a tax of lOt Mills for General Operating
Expenses on all property in the City of Clermont, save and
except that property included in the area as excluded from
the City of Clermont by Chapter 2ll52, Acts of the Legislature,
1941, to-wit:
For General Fund(Operating Expenses)
For Interest & Sinking Fund &
Reserve for Bonded Indebtedness
lot Mills
5t Mills
SECTION V:
The Tax Assessor of the City of Clermont is
hereby directed to extend the Assessment Roll of the City of
Clermont, heretofore approved by the City Council, in accord-
ance with the millage provided in Section IV of this Ordinance
and to deliver same to the Tax Collector, and the Tax Collector
is hereby directed to collect the said taxes at the time and in
the manner provided by law and the general ordinances of the
City of Clermont, Florida.
SECTI ON VI:
The monies raised by this tax levy are hereby
appropriated for the purposes for which levied; and, nomonies
collected for the Interest and Sinking Fund and Reserve for
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Bonded Indebtedness shal11be used for any other purpose than
paying, first, the interest on the bonded indebtedness of the
.City of Clermont falling due during the year of 1955; and,
second, for the retirement of the principal indebtedness in
such manner as the City Council may hereafter determine, or as
the City of Clermont is obligated to pay in accordance to the
terms and conditions set forth in its bonds.
SECTION VII.
This ordinance shall be effective immediately
upon its passage and approval by the Mayor.
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PASSED by the City Council of the City of Clermont at
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an Adjourned Regular Meeting held on October 24, 1955.
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RECEIVED AND APPROVED this October 24. 1955.
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I, A. M. JOHNSON, as City Clerk, HEREBY CERTIFY. that
copies of this Ordinance were duly posted in accordance with
Charter and Ordinances of
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