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A RESOLUTION EXEMPTING ALL CHURCHES AND
THE POST OFFICE, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
AMBULANCE SQUAD FROM PAYMENT OF THE CITY
PUBLIC SERVICE TAX, REPEALING PREVIOUS
RESOLUTION NO. R-84-1, PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, under the authority of Section 166.231,
Florida Statutes, the City has levied for many years a public
service tax on various utilities operating within the corporate
limits of the City of Sebastian; and
WHEREAS, Section 166.231 (5), Florida Statutes
mandates that any purchase by a recognized church be exempted from
this tax; and
WHEREAS, Section 166.231 (5), Florida Statutes
authorizes the City to exempt a public body which operates within
the City from this tax; and
WHEREAS, the Council desires to set forth those
Churches and public bodies which qualify for said exemption.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of
teh City of Sebastian, Florida, as follows:
SECTION I
Pursuant to Section 166.231 (5), Florida Statutes,
the following named churches are purchasing utilities within the
corporate limits of the City and are recognized as using said
utilities exclusively for church purposes and are therefore exempt
from the payment of the City of Sebastian public service tax:
ST. SEBASTIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
7800 - 134th Street
SEBASTIAN CHURCH OF CHRIST
Main Street and Louisiana Avenue
HIGHLANDS CHAPEL CHURCH OF GOD
281 Delaware Avenue
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH OF SEBASTIAN
611 Schumann Drive
SEBASTIAN CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
OF KINGDOM HALL
490 Lake Drive
SEBASTIAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
1029 Main Street
SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Wimbrow Drive
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SEBASTIAN
1110 North U.S. Highway #1
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
Thunderbrid Drive
SECTION II
Pursuant to Section 166.231 (5), Florida Statutes,
the following named public bodies are exempt from the payment of
the City of Sebastian public service tax:
UNITED STATES POST OFFICE
Main Street
SEBASTIAN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
(North Indian River County Fire District)
SEBASTIAN VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SQUAD
(Indian River County Volunteer Ambulance Squad)
SECTION III
All Resolutions or parts of Resolutions in conflict
herewith or inconcistent with the provisions of the Resolution are
hereby repealed.
SECTION IV
This Resolution shall be in force and effect immediately
upon its passage.
Kenneth E. Roth, Vice Mayor
Deborah C. Krages, City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was
duly pa. ssed~ and adopted by the City Council of the City of Sebastian,
Florida, this ~ day of ~ , 1986.
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