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File Number: 4629
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 9/27/2018
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, PROPOSING A FINAL
MILLAGE RATE FOR AD VALOREM TAXATION PURSUANT TO SECTION
200.065, FLORIDA STATUTES (2018), DEFINING AND DESIGNATING THE
TERRITORIAL LIMITS FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY'); LEVYING AN AD
VALOREM TAX ON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY AT A
TOTAL FINAL RATE OF 8.0300 MILLS ON THE DOLLAR OF THE TAXABLE
VALUE OF SUCH PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSES OF FUNDING THE
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET AND PAYMENT OF DEBT SERVICE, FOR
THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2018 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER
30,2019; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 200.065, Florida Statutes (2018), sets forth the method of
computing, proposing, and fixing a millage rate for ad valorem taxation; and
WHEREAS, for the purposes of this Ordinance, the City of Miami ("City") is defined as all
of the territory and inhabitants within the area defined in Section 2 of the Charter of the City,
entitled "Corporate Limits", and more specifically described in Exhibit "A" of the Charter, on file
in the Office of the City Clerk; and
WHEREAS, on July 1, 2018, the Miami -Dade County Property Appraiser ("PA"),
pursuant to Section 200.065(1), Florida Statutes (2018), certified to the City the preliminary
taxable value within its territorial limits, set at $53,357,105,033; and
WHEREAS, the City prepared a tentative budget for the fiscal year ("Fiscal Year")
beginning October 1, 2018 and ending September 30, 2019, and computed a total proposed
millage rate of 8.0300, which is necessary to fund the tentative budget other than the portion of
the budget to be funded from sources other than ad valorem taxes; and
WHEREAS, the Miami City Commission enacted Resolution R-18-0333, wherein it
directed the City Manager to submit to the PA and Miami -Dade County Tax Collector the total
proposed millage rate of 8.0300 mills, together with the required information set forth in Section
200.65(2)(b), Florida Statutes (2018); and
WHEREAS, on September 13, 2018, the City held a public hearing, as required pursuant
to Section 200.065(2)(c), Florida Statutes (2018), where the City Commission adopted a total
tentative millage rate of 8.0300 mills pursuant to first reading of this proposed Ordinance;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are
adopted by reference and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
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File ID: 4629
Enactment Number: 13789
Section 2. There shall be levied an ad valorem tax on all real and personal property in
the City at a final total rate of 8.0300 mills on the dollar of the taxable value of such property for
the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2018 and ending September 30, 2019 computed as
follows for the purposes of:
7.5865 mills to fund the General Operating Budget; and
0.4435 mills to provide for the payment of maturing principal and interest, and charges
and requirements related thereto, of voter approved indebtedness.
Section 3. The final millage rate herein adopted for the purpose of funding the General
Operating Budget is 9.47% greater than the rolled -back rate of 6.9301 mills.
Section 4. If any section, part of a section, paragraph, clause, phrase or word of this
Ordinance is declared invalid, the remaining provisions of the Ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall be effective as of October 1, 2018, after final reading
and adoption thereof.'
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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' If the Mayor does not sign this Ordinance, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days
from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall become effective
immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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