HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012 09 24 Public Hearing 500 Resolution 2012-31 Final Millage 2013COMMISSION AGENDA
ITEM 500
September 24, 2012
Regular Meeting
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The City Manager is requesting that the City Commission hold a Public Hearing
relative to the approval of Resolution No. 2012 -31, which establishes the Final
Operating Millage Rate and the Final Voted Debt Service Millage Rate for Fiscal Year
2012 -2013 for the City of Winter Springs.
SYNOPSIS:
The purpose of this agenda item is to have the Commission consider approval of Resolution
No. 2012 -31, otherwise known as the Final Millage Rates for Fiscal Year 2012 -2013.
CONSIDERATIONS:
On September 10, 2012, the Commission adopted a tentative operating millage rate of
2.4300 mills and a tentative voted debt service millage rate of 0.1100 mills for a total
tentative millage rate of 2.5400 mills. Tonight the Commission will set the final millage
rates which cannot exceed the tentative millage rates.
The vote to adopt a tentative operating millage rate of 2.4300 will only require a simple
majority as it is less than the majority vote maximum millage rate as calculated on the
Maximum Millage Levy Calculation Preliminary Disclosure Form (DR- 420MM -P).
FISCAL IMPACT:
The decision to levy an operating millage rate of 2.4300 mills as opposed to the rolled -back
rate of 2.4859 mills results in reduced ad valorem General Fund revenues of approximately
$85,000. The decision to maintain the voted debt service millage rate at 0.1100 mills
requires a subsidy from the General Fund to the Central Winds Debt Service Fund in the
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amount of $27,000.
COMMUNICATION EFFORTS:
This Agenda Item has been electronically forwarded to the Mayor and City Commission,
City Manager, City Attorney /Staff, and is available on the City's Website, LaserFiche, and
the City's Server. Additionally, portions of this Agenda Item are typed verbatim on the
respective Meeting Agenda which has also been electronically forwarded to the individuals
noted above, and which is also available on the City's Website, LaserFiche, and the City's
Server; has been sent to applicable City Staff, Media/Press Representatives who have
requested Agendas /Agenda Item information, Homeowner's Associations /Representatives
on file with the City, and all individuals who have requested such information. This
information has also been posted outside City Hall, posted inside City Hall with additional
copies available for the General Public, and posted at five (5) different locations around the
City. Furthermore, this information is also available to any individual requestors. City Staff
is always willing to discuss this Agenda Item or any Agenda Item with any interested
individuals.
Upon approval and adoption of Resolution No. 2012 -31, the millage rates for fiscal year
2012 -2013 will be communicated to the Seminole County Property Appraiser and the
Seminole County Tax Collector as the millage rates to be levied by the City of Winter
Springs for the 2012 tax year (Fiscal Year 2012 - 2013).
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Commission adopt Resolution No. 2012 -31 establishing the final
operating millage rate at whatever rate the Commission deems necessary for fiscal year
2012 -2013 (not to exceed 2.4300 mills), the final voted debt service millage rate at 0.1100
mills for fiscal year 2012 -2013 and publicly announce the percentage by which the final
operating millage rate is less than the rolled -back rate.
A `sample' motion follows which includes the necessary elements for statutory compliance:
I make the motion that the City of Winter Springs adopt Resolution No. 2012 -31
establishing the final operating millage rate at 2.4300 mills, establishing the voted debt
service millage rate at 0.1100 mills and publicly announce that the final operating millage
rate is 2.25% less than the computed rolled -back rate of 2.4859 mills.
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution No. 2012 -31
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RESOLUTION NO. 2012 -31
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS,
FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE FINAL OPERATING MILLAGE
RATE AND THE FINAL VOTED DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE
RATE FOR THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR COMMENCING ON OCTOBER 1, 2012 AND ENDING ON
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013; ANNOUNCING THE PERCENTAGE BY
WHICH THE FINAL OPERATING MILLAGE RATE IS LESS
THAN THE ROLLED -BACK RATE; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF PRIOR
INCONSISTENT RESOLUTIONS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of Winter Springs of Seminole County,
Florida, on September 24, 2012, adopted Fiscal Year 2012 -2013 Final Millage Rates
following a public hearing as required by Florida Statute 200.065;
WHEREAS, the City Commission of Winter Springs of Seminole County,
Florida, held a public hearing as required by Florida Statute 200.065;
WHEREAS, the gross taxable value for operating purposes not exempt from
taxation within Seminole County has been certified by the Seminole County Property
Appraiser to the City of Winter Springs as $1,575,505,268;
WHEREAS, the City Commission of Winter Springs desires to adopt the final
operating millage rate and publicly announce the percent, if any, by which the final
operating millage rate is more than or less than the rolled -back rate, and adopt the final
voted debt service rate; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of Winter Springs deems that this Resolution
is in the best interest of the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Winter
Springs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Incorporation of Recitals. The foregoing recitals are deemed tale and
correct and are hereby fully incorporated by this reference.
Section 2. The City Commission adopts its final operating millage rate of 2.4300
mills and its final voted debt service millage rate of 0.1100 mills for the fiscal year
commencing October 1, 2012 and ending September 30, 2013.
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Resolution 2012 -31
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Section 3. The final operating millage rate of 2.4300 mills is 2.25% less than the
computed rolled -back rate of 2.4859 mills.
Section 4. Within three (3) days of the date of this Resolution, the Finance Director
shall forward the Resolution adopting the final millage rates to the Seminole County
Property Appraiser and the Seminole County Tax Collector.
Section 5. Within thirty (30) days of the date of this Resolution, the Finance Director
shall certify compliance with Chapter 200, Florida Statutes by causing the Certification
of Compliance, along with all necessary documentation, to be sent to the Property Tax
Administration of the Department of Revenue.
Section 6. Repeal of Prior Inconsistent Resolutions. All prior resolutions or parts
of resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict.
Section 7. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, word, or
portion of this Resolution is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court
of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and
independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portion hereto.
Section 8. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon
adoption by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida.
RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, in a public
hearing assembled on this 24th day of September 2012.
Charles Lacey, Mayor
ATTEST:
Andrea Lorenzo - Luaces, City Clerk
Approved as to legal form and sufficiency for
The City of Winter Springs only:
Anthony A. Garganese, City Attorney
City of Winter Springs, Florida
Resolution 2012 -31
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