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SOLID WASTE NON-AD VALOREM TAX ASSESSMENT (B)
Ordinance No. 0-07-63
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 a non-ad valorem assessment for a municipal service benefit unit created by Alachua County for collection, disposal, recycling and management of solid waste; providing conditions for the consent; providing that the consent is for a two-year period; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT
On December 12, 2006, the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners adopted Resolution 06-142, to provide notice of intent to utilize the uniform method of collecting non-ad valorem assessments for the 2007-2008 fiscal year, including collection of non-ad valorem assessments for collection, disposal, recycling and management of solid waste 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 August 13, 2007, 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.
CITY ATTORNEY MEMORANDUM
If approved on first reading, the second and final reading will be September 24, 2007. The effective date of this ordinance is October 1, 2007.