§ 4-3.5-81. Findings.

It is hereby ascertained, determined and declared that:

(a)

Pursuant to Article VIII, Section I of the Florida Constitution, the Charlotte County Home Rule Charter, and F.S. §§ 125.01 and 125.66, the Board of County Commissioners of Charlotte County, Florida has all powers of local self-government to perform county and municipal functions and to render services in a manner not inconsistent with general law and such power may be exercised by the enactment of county ordinances and resolutions.

(b)

The county has determined that certain costs associated with dredging of Stump Pass and related maintenance services, facilities, improvements, and programs including, but not limited to personnel costs, salaries, operation costs, and capital costs associated with these functions can be properly allocated based upon the relative amounts of service and improvements within each area.

(c)

The county is required to include and fund the approved annual budget for the Stump Pass Dredging Municipal Service Taxing Unit within the county's annual budget.

(d)

Pursuant to F.S. § 200.065(5), the maximum millage rate the county can adopt, including any millage levied within a municipal service taxing unit, absent a minimum supermajority vote is a rolled-back rate based upon the amount of taxes which would have been levied in the prior year if the maximum millage rate had been adopted, as adjusted for change in the per capita Florida personal income.

(Ord. No. 2017-049, § 1, 11-28-17)