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tions in writing to the Board from time to time through the office <br />of the Public Works Director. All advisory group activities shall <br />be subject to the Florida Sunshine Law, Florida Statutes 5286.001. <br />The Board of County Commissioners shall have sole discretion to <br />determine the final level of funding or services for any given <br />fiscal year. <br />SECTION 4 <br />LEVY OF TAXES, ADOPTION OF BUDGET <br />A. The Board of County Commissioners hereby authorizes <br />a levy of ad valorem taxes under the authority of the second <br />sentence of Section 9 (b) Article VII of the Constitution of the <br />State of Florida and Florida Statutes §125.01 (q) in an amount not <br />to exceed 2.0 mills on all real and tangible property within the <br />Vero Lake Estates Area Municipal Service Taxing Unit as defined <br />under this ordinance for any or all of those purposes above <br />described. <br />B. Pursuant to said authority, the Board hereby further <br />authorizes the levying and collection of service charges or <br />special assessments in a uniform manner for those Municipal <br />Service Taxing Unit expenditures which are determined to provide a <br />reasonably uniform special benefit to all those properties within <br />the taxing unit against which such service charge or special <br />assessment is made. <br />C. Service charges, special assessments, and ad <br />valorem taxes authorized by this section shall be levied and a <br />budget prepared and adopted by the County Commission at the same <br />time and in the same manner as the Board prepares and adopts its <br />annual budget and levies taxes as provided by law. <br />D. All service charges, special assessments, and ad <br />valorem taxes authorized under this section shall be assessed, <br />levied, collected, remitted to and accounted for at the same time <br />and in the same manner as the assessments, levies, collection, and <br />remittance of taxes to the General Fund by the County Commission <br />as provided by law. The budget for this taxing unit in each year <br />shall contain that portion of the estimated cost of providing <br />services hereunder, including debt service, for which costs will <br />be incurred in the given year. <br />-5- <br />