Sec. 122-173. - Governing board.
Sec. 122-174. - Powers and duties of board.
Sec. 122-175. - Annual budget.
Sec. 122-176. - Annual tax levy.
Sec. 122-177. - Assessment, collection of taxes.
Sec. 122-178. - Receipts, expenditures.
Secs. 122-179—122-200. - Reserved.
The corporate name of the district is the Henderson Creek Park Fire Control District and shall be a special purpose district as defined by F.S. § 125.01(1)(q).
(Ord. No. 73-21, § 1)
State law reference— Authority to create municipal service taxing or benefit unit, F.S. § 125.01(1)(q).
The description boundaries are as follows:
Henderson Creek Park Subdivision, as recorded in Plat Book 6, at page 8;
Henderson Creek Park Subdivision, 1st Addition, as recorded in Plat Book 8, at page 41.
(Ord. No. 73-21, § 2)
Sec. 122-173. - Governing board.
The governing board of the district under this article shall be the Board of County Commissioners.
(Ord. No. 73-21, § 3)
State law reference— Similar provisions, F.S. § 125.01(2).
Sec. 122-174. - Powers and duties of board.
The business affairs of the district shall be administered and conducted by the board. It shall have the authority as prescribed in F.S. § 125.01(1)(q), including the authority to establish, equip, operate and maintain a fire department within the district and shall buy, lease, sell, exchange or otherwise acquire and dispose of firefighting equipment and other property, real, personal or mixed, that it may from time to time deem necessary to prevent and extinguish fires within the district. This shall include, but is not limited to, the authority to provide water, water supply, water stations and other necessary buildings; accept gifts or donations of equipment or money for the use of the district; and to do all things necessary to provide for an adequate water supply, for prevention and proper fire protection for the district. The board shall have the power to hire and fire necessary firefighting personnel, to inspect all property and investigate for hire hazards and to promulgate rules and regulations for the prevention of fire and for fire control in the district.
(Ord. No. 73-21, § 4)
Sec. 122-175. - Annual budget.
For the purpose of carrying into effect this law the board shall annually make an itemized estimate of the amount of money required to carry out the provisions of this article for the next fiscal year which shall be as prescribed by F.S. ch. 129. The estimate shall have for what purpose the moneys are required and the amount necessary to be raised by taxation within the district, and shall be presented in writing, signed by the chairman and vice-chairman to the Board of County Commissioners. Prior to the presentation of the estimate to the Board of County Commissioners, copies of the itemized estimate, signed by the chairman and vice-chairman of the board, shall be advertised and prepared at the same time as the county annual budget as prescribed in F.S. ch. 129.
(Ord. No. 73-21, § 5)
Sec. 122-176. - Annual tax levy.
Upon adoption of said district budget the Board of County Commissioners shall cause the same to be recorded in the minutes of the county commissioners' meeting, and at the time of making and fixing the rate of annual taxation for county purposes, shall fix and cause to be levied on all property of the district real and personal, a millage sufficient to meet the requirements of the estimate; provided, however, the total millage shall not exceed one mill in any one year.
(Ord. No. 73-21, § 6)
Sec. 122-177. - Assessment, collection of taxes.
Taxes herein provided for shall be assessed and collected in the same manner and form as provided for the assessment and collection of county taxes.
(Ord. No. 73-21, § 7)
Sec. 122-178. - Receipts, expenditures.
All warrants for the payment of labor, equipment, materials and other allowable expenses incurred by the board in carrying out the provisions of this article shall be payable by the treasurer of the board on accounts and vouchers approved by the board. The treasurer shall on or before each year make a written annual report of receipts and expenditures of the funds of the district to the board as required by the Uniform Local Government Financial Management and Reporting Act (F.S. § 218.30 et seq.). He shall furnish a copy of the report to the Board of County Commissioners.
(Ord. No. 73-21, § 8)