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SOLID WASTE NON-AD VALOREM TAX ASSESSMENT (B)
Ordinance No. 100042
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, providing consent for the entire corporate limits of the City of Gainesville, Florida to be included in the non-ad valorem assessment for the municipal service benefit unit created by Alachua County for certain solid waste management services for the 2010-2011 fiscal year; providing conditions for the consent; providing that the consent is for a one-year period; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
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The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
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PUBLIC WORKS STAFF REPORT
On July 13, 2010, the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners adopted Resolution 10-56, that provides notice of intent to utilize the uniform method of collecting non-ad valorem solid waste assessments for the 2010-2011 fiscal year to fund certain solid waste management services in the entire county. Passage of an ordinance is necessary to provide consent for all land within the City of Gainesville to be included in the portion of the non-ad valorem assessment that covers the cost of the Waste Alternatives, Environmental Protection programs and a portion of the Rural Collection Center program. On July 1, 2010, the City Commission authorized the City Attorney to draft and the Clerk of the Commission to advertise an ordinance consenting to the inclusion of the City in the County's solid waste non-ad valorem assessment. The ordinance approves the non-ad valorem assessment for one year and additional ordinances will be submitted each year for the next two years for consideration and adoption by the City Commission.
CITY ATTORNEY MEMO
If approved on first reading, the second and final reading will be August 19, 2010. The effective date of this ordinance is October 1, 2010.