Ordinance No. 2022-006CITY OF CLERMONT
AtORDINANCE NO.2022-006
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 MUNICIPAL SERVICE
TAXING UNIT FOR A SPECIFIED TERM OF YEARS; PROVIDING FOR
REPEAL, SEVERABILITY, ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF
SCRIVENERS ERROR, 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."
SECTION 2: TERM
This consent shall be for a term of one (1) year.
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CITY OF CLERMONT
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SECTION 3: REPEAL
All Ordinances or parts of this Ordinance in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: SEVERABILITY
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: ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION
This Ordinance may be re -numbered or re -lettered, and/or corrected for typographical and/or
scrivener's errors which do not affect the intent of said resolution, as authorized by the City
Manager or designee, without need of public hearing, by filing a corrected copy of same with the
City Clerk.
SECTION 6: PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall be published as provided by law and it shall become law and shall take effect
immediately upon its Second Reading and Final Passage.
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CITY OF CLERMONT
ORDINANCE NO.2022-006
ORDAINED AND ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Clermont, Lake County,
Florida on this 8th day of February, 2022.
ATTEST:
CITY OF CLERMONT
Tracy Ackroyd Howe, MMC
City Clerk
and legality:
Mantzaris, City Attorney
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CITY OF CLERMONT
�1 ORDINANCE NO.2022-006
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 MUNICIPAL SERVICE
TAXING UNIT FOR A SPECIFIED TERM OF YEARS; PROVIDING FOR
REPEAL, SEVERABILITY, ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF
SCRIVENERS ERROR, 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."
SECTION 2: TERM
This consent shall be for a term of one (1) year.
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CITY OF CLERMONT
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SECTION 3: REPEAL
All Ordinances or parts of this Ordinance in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: SEVERABILITY
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: ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION
This Ordinance may be re -numbered or re -lettered, and/or corrected for typographical and/or
scrivener's errors which do not affect the intent of said resolution, as authorized by the City
Manager or designee, without need of public hearing, by filing a corrected copy of same with the
City Clerk.
SECTION 6: PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall be published as provided by law and it shall become law and shall take effect
immediately upon its Second Reading and Final Passage.
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CITY OF CLERMONT
ORDINANCE NO.2022-006
ORDAINED AND ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Clermont, Lake County,
Florida on this 8th day of February, 2022.
CITY OF CLERMONT
Tim Wu�ry' • 1
ATTEST:
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Tracy Ackroyd Howe, MMC
City Clerk
Approveo,as to farm and legality:
Mantzaris, City Attorney