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Res 33-71 RESOLUTION NO. 33-71. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADVISING THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, PALM BEACH COUNTY, THAT A TAXING IMBALANCE IS DEEMED TO EXIST WITH RESPECT TO COUNTY TAXES IN THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH AND REQUESTING THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO PROMPTLY PROVIDE SEPARATE AND LOWER MILLAGE RATE FOR THE GENERAL COUNTY LEVY IN THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH. WHEREAS, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, PALM BEACH COUNTY, provides many municipal services including, but not limited to Public Safety, Public Works and Utilities to the residents of the unincorporated areas of Palm Beach County; and WHEREAS, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, PALM BEACH COUNTY, does not provide these same services to the residents of the city of Delray Beach; and WHEREAS, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS levies a gener- al County tax of 6.959 mills uniformly in the City of Delray Beach and the unincorporated areas of Palm Beach County; and WHEREAS, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA provides that properties situate within municipalities shall not be sub- ject to taxation for services rendered by the Board of County Commissioners of Palm Beach County exclusively for the benefit of the property or residents in unincorporated areas; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council does hereby call upon the Board of County Commissioners, Palm Beach County, to promptly and equitably provide for a differential and lower millage levy for properties situate within the corporate limits of the City of Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida. Section 2. The City Council of the City of Delray Beach does hereby call upon the Board of County Commissioners, Palm Beach County, to establish the differential and lower millage levy set forth in Section 1. above based on the County services actually received by the citizen and properties in the City of Delray Beach. PASSED and ADOPTED in regular session on this the 13th day of September, 1971. ATTEST: City Clerk G. R. ~FR©ST. TOWN M~NAGER ¥OR EARL E. T. SMITH~ ' ~'~'/~??~ff~il;~''"~' ~"~ D.K. HOERBER. ASSISTANT.TOWN MANAGer ~ % -- · ,' "-- ~ // G T. N~ONTGOMERY. FiRE CNIE¢ YVELYNE DEM MARIX ~ ~ '"" ' ~;~ ~ d A. LARRABEE, SUPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS R~BERT M. GRACE ..~ ~ % EDWARO A. EHI~GER. JR.. BUILDING OFFICIAL A~~ KENNETH LANSDOWNE, TAX COLLECTOR*ASSESSOR ROBER] G HUtCHEON. TOWN ENGINEER A~st 17, 1971 Mr. J. Eldon ,~riott, City 5~anager City of Delray Beach P. O. Box 2469 Delray Beach, Florida 33444 Subject: Inequitable County Taxation Inside Municipal Limits · Dear Mr. Mariott: The efforts of the To%~n of Palm Beach and the Palm Beach County League of Municipalities with respect to the need for a differential millage levy inside city limits has received wide publicity throughout the County. It would seen that this may be the appropriate time to continue this issue with the Board of County Commissioners of our County. Toward this end I have rough drafted a sample resolution that I believe would be appropriate 'for adoption by your municipality. If your Con~nission (Council) does agree to adopt such a resolution I strongly suggest that you reword it in a manner to suit your particular situation. We have pointed out to the County Charter Commission that the ten largest municipalities in Palm Beach County pay 50% of the total tax load of the County and it is obvious that we do not receive 50% of the services offered by our County Government. Please advise me if further infor~mtion is needed. Sinc,~re ly, ' ~ To~ M~nger GRF: rm Eno. DOLLAR AND PERCENTAGE 'CONTRIBUTION TO BOARD OF COUNTY C(IMMISSIONERS OPERATING FUND 1970-71 BUDGET - TEN IARGEST CITIES IN PAhM BEACH COUNTY Population Tax Contribution Dollar Contri- .CitY. Rank Percentage but!on (Approx. West Palm Beach ?' 1 12.7q $ 6,793,291. Boca Raton 2 ll.3q 6,oqs,77B Lake Worth 3 , ~.26 2,271,5q0 Riviera Beach q 3.81 2,031,588 Delray Beach 5 5.35 2,852,756 Boynton Beach 6 2.80 1,q93,031 Bel]~ Glade 7 1.27 677,198 North Palm Beach 8 2.19 1,167,763 Palm Beach 9 12.03 6,qlq,701 Palm Beach Gardens 10 2.20 1,173,095 57.99 $30,921,7t;2 All Other Cities 12.q3 $ 6,627,992 Rural 29.58 15,772,808