0400 (Taxes)ORDINANCE NO. # 400
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LEVYING AND COLLECTING OF
TAXES FOR THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 1977 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,
1978.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE,
FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Okeechobee, Florida,
hereby levies a tax of $4.51 per thousand dollar valuation on all
real and personal property within the corporate limits of said
City, subject to tax on the first day of January, 1977, provided
however, that such $4.51 shall hot be levied upon property in the
City of Okeechobee assessed at Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or
Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) where applicable, or less and
claimed and allowed as homestead as granted under the constitution
or General Laws of the State for the 1977 tax year.
SECTION 2. That the City Clerk is hereby instructed and directed
to certify to the Okeechobee County Property Assessor, the above
and foregoing enumerated millages to be levied for all purposes for the
year 1977, in the said City of Okeechobee, Florida, pursuant to the
provisions of the laws of the State of Florida.
SECTION 3. That the Tax Collector of Okeechobee County, Florida,
shall proceed to collect the above taxes according to the provisions
of the laws of the State of Florida.
SECTION 4. That of the total $5.62 per thousand dollar valuation
as designated in Section 1 hereof, $4.51 per thousand dollar valuation
shall be used for the General City purposes in carrying on and con-
ducting the government of the said City, and $1.11 per thousand dollar
valuation includinggHomestead shall be used to pay interest and
principal on bonds maturing during said Fiscal year, such levy to be
collected in cahh and such cash se collected terbe kept :n, separate
accounts for the purposes designated herein.
SECTION 5. That this Ordinance was proposed, considered and
adopted under the provisions of Section 166.041 (3) (b) Florida
Statutes, and was enacted by no less than a two - thirds vote of the
City Council and shall become effective upon final passage.
DONE AND RESOLVED and made effective this 27th day of
September , 1977.
ATTEST:
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Sandra Bennett
City Clerk
City of Okeechobee, Florida
APPROVED BY ME THIS
Russell V. Domer
President City Council
City of Okeechobee, Florida
27th day of September , 1977.
Audley Dunham
Mayor
City of Okeechobee, Florida
NOTICE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE
Notice is hereby given that the Ordinance described
below by title only will be placed on second and final
reading at the Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Okeechobee, Florida, to be held on September 27, 1977, at
7:00 P.M., at the City Hall or as soon thereafter as subh
Ordinance may be read and considered for passage:
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LEVYING
AND COLLECTING OF TAXES FOR THE CITY
OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 1977 AND
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1978.
Said Ordinance may be inspected in tithe office of the
City Clerk at the City Hall, City of Okeechobee, Florida.
Interested parties may appear at said meeting and be heard
with respect to the enactment of said Ordinance.
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
Sandra Bennett
City Clerk
City of Okeechobee, Florida
PUBLIBH IN THE OKEECHOBEE NEWS: September 8th and 15th, 1977.
FISHERMAN'S PARADISE * BEEF AND DAIRY CAPITAL OF FLORIDA
The Okeechobee News
A Division o4 Sunshine Newspapers, Inc.
P. 0. Boo 638
Okeechobee, Florida 33477
Published Weekly
Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, Florida
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF OKEECHOBEE
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared
J. David Fleming
who on oath says he is Publisher of the
Okeechobee News, a weekly newspaper published at
Okeechobee, in Okeechobee County, Florida; that the
attached copy of advertisement, being a
Notice of Proposed Ordinance
in the matter of
providing for the levying and collect-
ing of taxes for the city of Okeechobee
for the fiscal year 10/1/77 - 9/30/78
in the City Clerk's office, City of
Okeechobee Court of Okeechobee
County, Florida, was published in said newspaper in the
issues of
Sept. 8, 15, 1977
Affiant further says that the said Okeechobee News is a
newspaper published at Okeechobee, in said Okeechobee
County, Florida, and that said newspaper has heretofore
been published continuously in said Okeechobee County,
Florida, each week and has been entered as second class
mail matter at the post office in Okeechobee, in said
Okeechobee County, Florida, for a period of one year next
preceding the first publication of the attached copy of
advertisement; and affiant further says that he has neither
paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation any
discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of
securing this advertisement for publication in the said
newspaper.
Sworn to a' d subscribed before me this 1A1th
day cf September
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Notary Public, State of F101QTARdtPllit IS, esTATE OF FLORIDA AT LARGE
MY COMM low EXPIRES MAR. 26, 1979
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