77-RRRESOLUTION NO. 77- ~
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA,
REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF THE COUNTY OFf PALM BEACH ADOPT A BUDGET FOR THE
PALM] SHERIF] WHICH DOES NOT
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 the 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 wzthin Palm Beach County
which do not maintain their own police departments; and
WHEREAS, 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
WHEREASo 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 Boynton Beach, Florida that the Palm Beach County
Sheriff's Road PatUO~ 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
August 1, 1977; now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ~OF THE CITY OF
BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA:
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
maintaining 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 by the City Council of the City of
Boynton Beach, Florida, this ~ day of ~ , 1977.
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
ATTEST:
City Clerk
(Corp. Seal)
~ce M
/~ Councilmember
'! ' - dounci~mber
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