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' ' - -`��''',, CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AND FINAL BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the regular scheduled City Council Meeting to be held on September 19,
2023, has been Rescheduled to be conducted with the Final Budget Public Hearing on September
25, 2023, at 6 PM, or as soon thereafter as possible, at City Hall, 55 SE 3rd AVE, Rm 200, Okeechobee,
FL.
The purpose of the Final Budget Public Hearing is to consider adopting the following proposed
ordinances, which can be inspected/viewed in their entirety the City Clerk's Office, at the address above,
Room 100, during normal business hours, Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, excluding holidays, contact
863-763-9814.
• ORDINANCE NO. 1279: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE,
FLORIDA; LEVYING THE AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE RATE FOR MUNICIPAL
PURPOSES ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF STATE LAW FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2023 AND ENDING
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024; PROVIDING THAT 6.3556 PER THOUSAND DOLLAR VALUATION SHALL
NOT BE LEVIED ON HOMESTEAD PROPERTY; THAT 6.3556 VALUATION SHALL BE USED FOR
GENERAL. CITY PURPOSES; THAT SAID MILLAGE RATE IS 2.84 PERCENT MORE THAN THE
ROLL-BACK RATE OF 6.1801 COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTE 200.065(1);
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
• ORDINANCE NO. 1280: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AN ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA; FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2023, AND ENDING
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024; APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE FOR THE GENERAL OPERATION OF THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY
AND OTHER FIXED OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY FOR AND DURING THE FISCAL YEAR;
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
The public is invited to attend and be heard on all matters. The agenda packet will be posted online
one week prior to the meeting date, and may be viewed and/or downloaded from https://www.cityof
okeechobee.com /Agenda Minutes-CityCouncil.html.
BE ADVISED that should you intend to show any document, picture, video, or items to the Council in support or opposition to any item
on the agenda, a copy of the document, picture, video, or item must be provided to the Board Secretary for the City's records. ANY
PERSON DECIDING TO APPEAL any decision made by the Council with respect to any matter considered at this meeting will need
to ensure a verbatim record of the proceeding is made and the record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal will
be based. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons with disabilities needing special accommodation to participate
in this proceeding should contact the City Clerk's Office in person or call 863-763-9814, Hearing Impaired: Florida Relay 7-1-1 no later
than four business days prior to proceeding.
By: Mayor Dowling R. Watford,Jr.
City Clerk Lane Gamiotea
NOTICE POSTED:9/5/23 BB/WEBSITE,9/18/23 FB