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CITY OF CLERMONT
ORDINANCE
NO. 431-M
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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
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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;
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CITY OF CLERMONT
ORDINANCE
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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
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""-HAROLD S. TURVILLE, JR.
Mayor