MINUTES OF special MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY commissioners
FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1957
The Board of County Commissioners met in special session in the County Commissioners’ Room in the Courthouse at Tavares on Friday, July 26, 1957, for the purpose of hearing requests for amendments and complaints by the public regarding the budget, and such other matters as may be brought before the Board, with the following present: Chairman Cowart; Commissioners Singeltary, Simpson, and Cross; and Clerk Owens. (*) Morton Cook representing WLCO Station was present.
The Board was called to order at ten o’clock by the Chairman with the above members present.
Clerk Owens invited anyone present who wished to make any requests for amendments or complaints to please step forward and they will be heard; there being no objections or complaints re the budget, on motion of Commr. Singeltary seconded by Commr. Cross and carried, the budget as advertised was adopted as the budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1957, and ending September 30, 1958, and the Clerk was directed to mail 2 copies of said budget to the Comptroller of the State of Florida, and directed to certify to the Tax Assessor, to the Tax Collector and to the Clerk of the Circuit Court the millages as follows:
|
FUND |
MILLS |
|
General Fund |
7.5 |
|
Road & Bridge Fund |
2.5 |
|
Fine &* Forfeiture Fund |
1.7 |
|
Special District – South Lake Memorial Hospital Fund |
1.0 (not county wide) |
|
Bond Interest & Sinking Fund (Series A & B Courthouse Bonds |
.2 |
|
County Health Unit |
.9 |
|
Water Conservation |
1.25 |
|
TOTAL |
15.05 |
(*) (After the adoption of the above motion, Commr. Hooten came and a little later Attorney Duncan came)
NOTICE TO BIDDERS having been advertised for changing the walls in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court and the office of the Judge of the Circuit Court; and removing the iron stairway leading from the 2nd floor of the Courthouse to the 3rd floor, and sealing over the second and third floors with reinforced concrete, the following bids were received:
Lewis M. Moore, Builder & Contractor - Clermont
Furnish all labor and material to do this work for $3,550.00
Walker & Jenson – Clermont
Cover entire cost of all labor and materials for 3,925.00
South Lake Construction, Inc. – Clermont
Cover all labor, material, insurance, etc. 3,325.00
Motion by Commr. Singeltary seconded by Commr. Hooten and carried, that the bid of South Lake Construction, Inc., in the amount of $3,325.00 to perform the work in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court and the office of the Judge of the Circuit Court as advertised be accepted.
Clerk Owens read to the Board certified copy of Resolution adopted by the Lake County Board of Public Instruction in Regular Session of the County Board on July 18, 1957, fixing the millages to be assessed for the School purposes for the year 1957, WHEREUPON, on motion of Commr. Singeltary seconded by Commr. Simpson and carried, the millages as submitted by the Lake County Board of Public Instruction for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1957 and ending June 30, 1958, were approved and filed; and Clerk Owens was instructed to Order the Tax Assessor of Lake County to assess the millages as contained in the said Resolution and the Tax Collector to collect taxes according to the millages contained therein. Said Resolution being as follows:
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OF LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF REVENUES TO BE PRODUCED AND THE MILLAGE TO BE LEVIED FOR THE COUNTY CURRENT SCHOOL FUND, FOR THE COUNTY (BPI) INTEREST AND SINKING FUND, FOR THE SPECIAL TAX SCHOOL DISTRICT CURRENT FUND, FOR THE DISTRICT B&B RESERVE FUND AND FOR THE DISTRICT BOND INTEREST AND SINKING FUNDS FOR EACH OF THE DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 1957 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 1958.
ADOPTED at the regular meeting of the County Board July 18, 1957.
WHEREAS, Section 237.18 of the Florida School Code requires that “Upon the final adoption of the budget and upon receipt of the certificate of the Assessor of Taxes giving the assessed valuation of the county and of each of the Bonded School Districts, the County Board shall determine by Resolution the amounts necessary to be raised for the County Current School Fund, for the County B & B Reserve Fund, for the County General (BPI)( interest and Sinking Fund, and for each District Bond Interest and Sinking Fund and the millage necessary to be levied for each such fund and shall also show in said Resolution the millage voted by Special School District for the District Current School Fund;” and for the District B & B Reserve Fund; and
WHEREAS, the school budget for the current fiscal year has been finally approved by the State Superintendent and is now official except for the certification of millages as required by Section 237.18; and
WHEREAS, the certificates of the County Assessor of Lake County, giving the assessed valuation of the county and of each school district, has been received:
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the County Board of Public Instruction of Lake County, Florida, assembled in regular (special) meeting, that the amounts necessary to be raised as shown by the officially adopted budget and the millages necessary to be levied for each school fund of the county for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1957, and ending June 30, 1958, are as follows:
(1) COUNTY CURRENT SCHOOL FUND
(i) Non Exempt Assessed Valuation as certified by Tax Assessor
56,040,550
(ii) Amount to be Raised from Tax Levies
532,385
(iii) Millage Levy Required
10
(2) COUNTY B & B RESERVE FUND
(i) Non-Exempt Assessed Valuation as Certified by Tax Assessor
__________________________
(ii) Amount to be Raised from Tax Levies
__________________________
(iii) Millage Levy Required
__________________________
(3) COUNTY GENERAL (B.P.I.) INTEREST & SINKING FUND
(i) Non-Exempt Assessed Valuation as Certified By Assessor*
___________________________
(ii) Assessed Valuation, including Homesteads Assessable for bonds
___________________________
(iii) Amount necessary to be raised from Tax Levies*
___________________________
(iv) Millage Levy Required for bonds, excluding homesteads*
___________________________
(v) Millage Levy Required for Bonds, including homesteads
___________________________
(4) SPECIAL TAX SCHOOL DISTRICT CURRENT FUND
(i) Non-Exempt Assessed Valuation as Certified by Tax Assessor
56,040,550
(ii) Amount to be raised from Tax Levies
319,431
(iii) Millage Levy approved by Voters
6
(5) DISTRICT & B & B RESERVE FUND
(i) Non-Exempt Assessed Valuation as Certified by Tax Assessor
56,040,550
(ii) Amount to be raised from Tax Levies
212,954
(iii) Millage Levy approved by Voters
4
(6) DISTRICT BOND INTEREST AND SINKING FUNDS OF THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS
(i) Non-Exempt Assessed Valuation as Certified by Assessor*
(ii) Assessed Valuation, including homesteads assessable for bonds issued prior to exemption, as certified by Assessor*
(iii) Amount necessary to be raised from Tax Levies
(iv) Millage Levy required for Bonds, excluding Homesteads*
(v) Millage Levy required for Bonds, including Homesteads
|
District No. |
|||||
|
5 |
_________ |
790,135 |
1,501 |
|
2.0 |
|
6 |
|
3,669,300 |
3,485 |
|
1.0 |
|
10-39 |
|
11,396,825 |
10,826 |
|
1.0 |
|
10-38 |
5,666,845 |
|
5,383 |
1.0 |
|
|
16 |
|
7,415,952 |
5,283 |
|
.75 |
|
18 |
|
5,262,740 |
9,9999 |
|
2.0 |
|
21 |
|
16,579,876 |
31,501 |
|
2.0 |
|
24 |
|
1,274,232 |
1,201 |
|
1.0 |
|
25 |
|
1,763,291 |
1,675 |
|
1.0 |
|
26 |
|
1,047,243 |
1,989 |
|
2.0 |
|
36 |
5,325,139 |
5,325,139 |
2,529 |
|
.5 |
*NOTE: If bonds were issued prior to the date the homestead amendment became effective the assessed valuation and tax levies should include homestead property; if bonds were issued after that date only the non-exempt property should be included. If in any district some bonds were issued before the amendment became effective and some afterward, two lines should be used for each such district; one to give values and levies for the issue including bonds, and the other to include only non-exempt property and the levies thereon for bonds issued since the amendment became effective.
WHEREAS, Section 237.18 of the Florida School Laws provides that “A certified copy of said Resolution shall thereupon be filed with the Board of County Commissioners and the Board of County Commissioners shall thereupon order the Assessor to assess the several millages certified by the County Board against the taxable property in the county and the taxable property of the several Bonded School Districts. The Assessor shall then assess the taxes as ordered by the Board of County Commissioners and the Collector shall collect said taxes and pay over the same property as collected to the county school depository or depositories to be used as provided by law: Provided that all taxes authorized herein shall be assessed and collected on railroad, street railroad, sleeping car, parlor car, and telegraph company property in the manner now provided by law:” and
WHEREAS, the County Board of Public Instruction of this county has determined the millage to be levied for the County General School Fund for the County B & B Reserve Fund, and Sinking Funds by dividing the applicable assessed valuation as finally certified by the Assessor after equalization as hereinbefore specified into the amount budgeted to be received form taxes before five per cent (5%) is deducted, using the nearest one-fourth (1/4) mill or other fraction or decimal ordinarily used in the county as prescribed by Section 237.18 and has found the millage levies required to be as set forth in Part I above:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Public Instruction of Lake County, Florida, does hereby determine that the aforesaid millages on said assessed valuation of the taxable property for the year 1957 will be required and does hereby request the Board of County Commissioners of Lake County, Florida, in conformity to law to direct the Tax Assessor to assess and the Tax Collector to collect taxes according to the millages certified herein.
Approved:
Paul W. Bryan
Chairman, Board of Public Instruction
Attest: Ray M. Hayes
Secretary, Board of Public Instruction
Lake County, Florida
Dated this 23rd day of July 1957
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF LAKE
I, Ray M. Hayes, Asst. Superintendent of Public Instruction and ex-officio Secretary of the Board of Public Instruction of Lake County, Florida, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full and true and complete copy of a Resolution determining the millages to be assessed for the County Current School Fund, for the County B & B Reserve Fund, for the County General (BPI) Interest and Sinking Fund, for the special Tax District Current Fund, for the District B&B reserve Fund and for the District Bond Interest and Sinking Funds for the fiscal year 1957-1958, to provide necessary revenues for operating costs and debt services of the public schools of Lake County, Florida, passed and adopted by the Board of Public Instruction of Lake County, Florida, July 18, 1957.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the aid Board of Public Instruction of Lake County, Florida, this 23 day of July 1957.
Ray M. Hayes
Asst. Superintendent of Public Instruction
Clerk Owens read a letter from Kiwanis Club of Leesburg enclosing Certified copy of Resolution passed by the Leesburg Kiwanis Club at its regular meeting July 15, 1957; and also read the Resolution recommending and urging that the Board of County Commissioners of Lake County, Florida, “by proper action do accept and approve the recommendations of said Citizens Advisory Committee and adopt a budget and make the same fully effective based upon at least the minimum recommendations of said committee.” Said Resolution signed by E. W. Mackay, Secretary and Bill P. Cumbaa, President.
Clerk Owens asked if anyone in the audience at this time wishes to come before the Board. No one appeared.
Clerk Owens gave each Commissioner copy of budget ending September 30, 1957.
Commissioner Hooten filed checks in the amount of $2,098.00 in payment for oiling roads in District No. 3.
MEETING ADJOURNED.
/s/ Frank E. Owens /s/ O. M. Simpson
CLERK CHAIRMAN