TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, City Manager
TITLE: A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of North Port, Florida, as the Governing Body of the North Port Fire Rescue District, Establishing Not-To-Exceed Non-Ad Valorem Assessment Rates for the North Port Fire Rescue District for fiscal year 2022 - 2023; Incorporating Recitals; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date.
Recommended Action
Adoption of a Resolution No. 2022-R-33, establishing Not-To-Exceed Non-Ad Valorem assessment rates for the North Port Fire Rescue District for fiscal year 2022 - 2023.
Background Information
Pursuant to Section 66, Article II of the Code of the City of North Port, the Governing Body (Commission) shall have the duty, right, power and authority to levy by Resolution and collect special assessments against all non-exempted benefited property within its territorial bounds in order to provide funds for the purpose of Fire Rescue and First Responder responsibility at the North Port Fire Rescue District.
Non-Ad Valorem assessments cannot be used to fund the operations of an EMS system. In the City of North Port all expenses associated with EMS are funded by Ad Valorem taxes and are found in the General Fund Budget.
The Fire Rescue District Rate Study and Recommendations were adopted by the City Commission in 2014 and have been revisited and approved annually. The proposed rates are consistent with the recommendations of the study as adjusted to fund the operations of the Fire Rescue District.
Fire Rescue is proposing a Not-to-Exceed rate of 3.5% increase in rates for fiscal year 2022-2023. The rates as shown in the table in Section 2.01 of the Resolution are recommended as the Not-to-Exceed rate for fiscal year 2022-2023 which would increase the cost of an average home on a 1/4 acre property by $9.17 over FY Year 2021-22 rates. The actual final adopted rate will occ...
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