TO: Mayor and Commission AGENDA DATE: 7/20/2026
FROM: City Manager AGENDA ITEM: 9 - A
SUBJECT:
Title
Request for approval of Resolution No. 2026-54 - Establishing the Maximum Fire Rescue Services Annual Assessment Rate for Fiscal 2026-27
Body
LOCATION:
Citywide
COST:
Not Applicable
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
Fire Rescue Services Assessments
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT:
Finance
POTENTIAL MOTION:
Recommendation
“I move to adopt Resolution No. 2026-54.”
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BACKGROUND:
Background
The Fire Rescue Services Special Assessment was established to provide fire rescue services for the City. The cost of those services is apportioned to properties that will benefit from those services and will be levied to the property owners.
Section 54-16 of the Code of Ordinances requires that the City Commission adopt an Annual Rate Resolution during its budget adoption.
The Maximum Fire Assessments to be assessed and apportioned among benefitted parcels to generate the estimated Fire Assessment Cost for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2026, and all ensuing fiscal years, subject to annual indexing as authorized by Ordinance 14-2026 are hereby established as attached in the Preliminary Rate Resolution for the maximum annual assessment per Exhibit “A” per assessed parcel for FY2026/2027 for the Fire Rescue Services Assessments to be included as part of the annual Truth in Millage Notice (TRIM) per F.S. 197.3632.
City Commission as part of the TRIM process will set the final Annual Assessment at the September 9 Commission meeting.
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