1977-39 Requesting the PBC Commissioners to Adopt a Budget for PBSO that does not spread Cost of Road Patrol to Properties in Municipalities with own Police
RESOLUTION N0. 39-77
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA RF,Ql1ESTING THAT THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THF, COUNTY OF PALM BF,ACH
ADOPT A BUDGET FOR THE PALM BEACH SHERIFF'S DF,-
' PARTMENT WHICH DOES NOT SPREAD THE COST OF THE
SHERIFF'S ROAD PATROL TO PROPERTIES LYING WITH-
IN PALM BEACH COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES MAINTAINING
THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
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 7wenty-
i'our Dollars ($3,356,524.00) for the Sheriff's Road Patrol; and
W}IEREAS, the Sheriff's Road Patrol provides police protec-
tion and police patrols for the unincorporated areas of Palm Beach
County and certain municipalities within Palm Beach County which do
not maintain their own police departments; and
' WHF,REAS, 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
W}{ERF.AS, Florida Constitution, Article VIII, Section 1, (}{)
provides that no property situated within a municipality shall be sub-
ject to taxation for services rendered by the County exclusively for
the benefit of property or residents in the unincorporated areas; and
WHF.RF,AS, it is the opinion of the Village Council of t}re
Village of North Palm Beach that the Palm Beach County S}reri.f'f's Roacl
Patrol does not provide services to the Village of North Palm Beac}r; and
WHEREAS, the budget for the Palm Reach County Sheriff's De-
' partment for the fiscal year 1977-78 must be adopted by the Board of County
ConQnissioners of the County of Palm Beach by August 1, 1977.
NOW, 1'HERF.FORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE. COUNCIL OF
NORTFI PALM BEAC}f, 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 de-
partments 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 Village Clerk is hereby authorized to
mail a certii'ied copy of this Resolution to the Board of County Com-
missioners of Palm Beach County.
Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately
upon passage.
PASSEll AND ADOPTED THIS 28th DAY OF JULY 1977.
/s/ M. C. Love, Jr.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
/s/ Dolores R. Walker
Village Clerk
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