TO: Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Douglas E. Smith, City Manager
DATE: July 6, 2016
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RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF FIRE RESCUE SERVICES, FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS IN THE CITY OF MARGATE, FLORIDA; REIMPOSING FIRE RESCUE ASSESSMENTS AGAINST ASSESSED PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF MARGATE, FLORIDA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2016; APPROVING THE ASSESSMENT ROLL.
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BACKGROUND: This rate resolution provides for the annual process for updating the Assessment Roll, directs the reimposition of Fire Rescue Assessments for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2016, and amends and restates the Initial Assessment Resolution. The rate for residential property will remain the same as last year.
RECOMMENDATION: For approval.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Fire Rescue Assessed Costs to be assessed and apportioned among benefited parcels pursuant to the Cost Apportionment and the Parcel Apportionment for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2016, is $7,737,656.00. The estimated Fire Rescue Assessments to be assessed and apportioned among benefited parcels pursuant to the Cost Apportionment and Parcel Apportionment to generate the estimated Fire Rescue Assessed Cost for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2016, are as follows:
Residential Property Use Categories
Rate Per Dwelling Unit
Residential
$225.00
Non-Residential Property Use Categories
Rate Per Square Foot
Commercial
$0.23
Industrial/Warehouse
$0.02
Institutional
$0.52
Nursing Home
$1.63
At the first reading of the fire assessment resolution on June 1, 2016, the City Commission provided initial approval for the removal of exemptions for nonprofit/government and removal of the nursing home buy down rate (which was previously set at the same rate as Commercial providing for a reduction from what the Nursing Home rate would have been otherwise). At the July 6 meeting the Commission can consider either continuing with the removal of the exemptions/nursing home buy down, approving an ...
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