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RESOLUTION NO. 88-15
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE EXTENSION OF
THE LOCAL OPTION GASOLINE TAX FOR A
FIFTEEN ( 15 ) YEAR PERIOD ; URGING THE
BREVARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION-
ERS TO EXTEND THE LOCAL OPTION GASOLINE
TAX; ENCOURAGING ALL CITIES IN BREVARD
COUNTY TO SUPPORT THE EXTENSION OF THE
GAS TAX; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS , Florida Statutes , Chapter 336 . 025 , authorizes a
local option gasoline tax to be levied upon the sale of motor
fuel and special fuel within the County; and
WHEREAS , the Board of County Commissioners of Brevard
County , Florida , adopted Ordinance No . 86-13 , imposing a
six-cent, five year local gasoline tax within Brevard County; and
WHEREAS, the local option gasoline tax will expire in 1991 ;
and
WHEREAS , there now exists unmet transportation needs in
Brevard County and such needs are projected to increase in the
future; and
WHEREAS , extension of the local option gasoline tax would
provide funds to better address current and future transportation
needs:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida, as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral
supports the extension of the local option gasoline tax and urges
the Board of County Commissioners of Brevard County to extend the
local option gasoline tax for a fifteen (15) year period, so long
as current ratios remain the same.
SECTION 2 . The City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral
encourages all municipalities in Brevard County to support the
extension of the local option gasoline tax.
SECTION 3 . This Resolution shall take effect immediately
upon its adoption.
ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral,
Florida, this 5th day of April , 1988.
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Mayor
ATTEST: NAME YES NO
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C ty Clerk LEE X
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