97-24 ORDINANCE NO. 97-24
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA,
ESTABLISHING AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF
AVENTURA AD VALOREM TAX OPERATING MILLAGE
LEVY RATE AT 2.2270 MILS PER THOUSAND DOLLARS
OF TAXABLE ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE, WHICH IS
3.18% ABOVE THE ROLLED BACK RATE COMPUTED
PURSUANT TO STATE LAW, FOR THE 1997 TAX YEAR;
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the Property Appraiser of Dade County has certified a Tax
Assessment Roll for the year 1997 which includes the assessment for the City of
Aventura; and
WHEREAS, the City Council and the City Administration of the City of Aventura
have reviewed the 1997/98 fiscal year budget for the various operating departments of
the City and the means of financing said budget; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered an estimate of the necessary
expenditures contemplated for the fiscal year ensuing, and has determined that the
levy set forth herein below shall provide a portion of the necessary funds for said
expenditures.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS THAT:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Aventura, Florida, does hereby
establish and adopt the City of Aventura Ad Valorem Tax Operating Millage Levy Rate
of 2.2270 mils for the 1997 tax year, or $2.2270 per thousand dollars of taxable
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assessed property value. Said rate represents a 3.18% increase above the rolled back
rate computed pursuant to State law.
Section 2. The Dade County Tax Collector is hereby directed to proceed with
the collection and enforcement of the taxes levied herein as authorized by State and
County law.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances, resolutions or parts of resolutions
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section 4. Severabilit¥. The provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be
seVerable and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance shall for any
reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of
the remaining sections, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance but they shall
remain in effect, it being the legislative intent that this Ordinance shall stand
notwithstanding the invalidity of any part.
Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon
adoption on second reading.
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Councilmember Rogers-Libert, who
moved its adoption on first reading. This motion was seconded by Councilmember
Berger, and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Councilmember Arthur Berger yes
Councilmember Jay R. Beskin yes
Councilmember Ken Cohen yes
Councilmember Harry Holzberg yes
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Councilmember Patricia Rogers-Libert yes
Vice Mayor Jeffrey M. Perlow yes
Mayor Arthur I. Snyder yes
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Councilmember Besk~n ,
who moved its adoption on second reading. This motion was seconded by
Councilmember Rogers-Libett and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as
follows:
Councilmember Arthur Berger absent
Councilmember Jay R. Beskin yes
Councilmember Ken Cohen yes
Councilmember Harry Holzberg yes
Councilmember Patricia Rogers-Libert yes
Vice Mayor Jeffrey M. Perlow yes
Mayor Arthur I. Snyder absent
PASSED AND ADOPTED on first reading this 9th day of September, 1997.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on second reading this 23~ day of September, 1997.
' /J~FCRE-Y M.~ISERLOVV
JVICE MAYOR ~
ATTEST: ( ~, ~-
TERESA M SMITH, CMC
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
CITY ATTORNEY
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