§ 1. Findings.

It is hereby ascertained, determined, and declared that:

(A)

The Board of County Commissioners of Okeechobee County, Florida (the "County"), is considering the enactment of an ordinance authorizing the County to create or identify a specific geographic area within which the County will impose and collect EMS tax assessments to fund the provision of emergency medical services within incorporated and unincorporated areas of the County.

(B)

The City Council of Okeechobee has determined that the inclusion of the incorporated area of Okeechobee within such specific geographic area by the County for the purpose of providing emergency medical services is in the best interests of the owners of property within the corporate limits of Okeechobee. The City Council of Okeechobee approves and incorporates the ordinance enacted by the County to the extent that the imposition of this assessment provides a special benefit to each of the parcels to be assessed by enactment of this ordinance within the City of Okeechobee.

(Ord. No. 1046, § 1, 8-4-09)