Res 44-77 RESOLUTION NO. 44-77
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE '
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, REQUESTING
THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
THE COUNTY OF PALM BEACH ADOPT A BUDGET
FOR THE PALM BEACH SHERIFF'S. DEPARTMENT
WHICH DOES NOT SPREAD THE COST OF THE
SHERIFF'S ROAD PATROL TO PROPERTIES LYING
WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES
MAINTAINING THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
WHEREAS, the proposed budget for the Palm Beach County
Sheriff's Department for the fiscal year 1977/78 includes Three
Million Three Hundred and Fifty-six Thousand Five Hundred and
Twenty-four Dollars ($3,356,524.00) for t~e Sheriff's Road Patrol;
and,
WHEREAS, the Sheriff's Road Patrol provides police pro-
tection and police patrols for the unincorporated areas of Palm
Beach County and certain municipalities within Palm Beach County
which do not maintain their own police departments; and,
~{EREAS, for fiscal years commencing with the 1974/75
fiscal year and thereafter the cost of the Sheriff's Road Patrol
has not been charged to any property lying within a Palm Beach
County municipality maintaining its own police department; and,
WHEREAS, Florida Constitution, Article VIII, Section 1,
(H),provides that no property situated within a municipality shall
be subject to taxation for services rendered by the County exclusively
for the benefit of property or residents in the unincorporated areas;
and,
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the City Council of the City
of Delray Beach that the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Road Patrol
is exclusively for the benefit of the property and residents in the
unincorporated areas; and,
WHEREAS, the budget for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's
Department for the fiscal year 1977/78 must be adopted by the Board
of County Commissioners of the County of Palm Beach by October i,
1977.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
'OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the Board of County Commissioners of Palm
Beach County is hereby requested to adopt a budget for the Palm Beach
County Sheriff's Department which budget will not subject property
lying within Palm Beach County municipalities maintaininu Police
departments to a levy for ad valorem taxes to pay for or to support
the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Road Patrol.
Section 2. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized to
mail a certified copy of this Resolution to the Board of County
Commissioners of Palm Beach County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on this the 22nd day
of August, 1977.
ATTEST:
A~t. City Clerk