1994-17 Fee Waiver SFWMRESOLUTION 9417
• A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE REQUESTING A
WAIVER OF PROCESSING AND PERMIT FEES FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND THE
SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, Small cities in Florida continually experience financial hardships; and
WHEREAS, The cost of needed improvements strain a small city's ability to
properly meet those improvements; and
WHEREAS, The Governor and Legislature of the State of Florida have passed
legislation enabling small cities to receive a fee waiver from the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection and the South Florida Water Management District; and
WHEREAS, The enabling legislation provides for five different catagories for a
small city to prove a fiscal hardship; and
WHEREAS, The City of Okeechobee's per capita taxable value of $28,293.94 is
less than the statewide average of $37,796.65 whose calculations were taken from
Florida Estimates of Population 1993, Bureau of Economics and Business Research,
Population Program, College of Business Administration, University of Florida, February
1994 Report; and
WHEREAS, The per capita taxable value is one of the five catagories in the
enacted legislation; and
WHEREAS, The City of Okeechobee meets the test for fiscal hardship as
described in the enacted legislation.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE;
THAT, The City of Okeechobee meets the requirements of Florida Statutes proving
a fiscal hardship, and
THAT, The City's per capita taxable value of $28,293.94 is less than the statewide
average of $37,796.65; and
THAT, The City of Okeechobee is entitled to, and requests, a fee waiver on all
processing and permit fees from the Department of Environmental Protection and the
South Florida Water Management District.
ADOPTED this 18th day of October, 1994 by the City of Okeechobee, Florida.
Jams E. Kirk,
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Bonnie S. Thomas, CMC