RECOMMENDATION(S): (CONT'D)
3. ADOPT Resolution No. 2019/5.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The approximate $7,000 cost of the election will be paid from ad valorem property tax revenues previously allocated to CSA P-5. If approved by the voters, the parcel tax is expected to generate approximately
$104,486 annually in additional revenue to support extended police protection services in the defined area.
BACKGROUND:
The CSA P-5 Citizens Advisory Committee is proposing that a special tax measure be submitted to the voters of CSA P-5 in a mail-ballot election on May 7, 2019. The purpose of the tax is to generate revenue for police protection services within the county service area. Currently, CSA P-5 reserve funds are being used to supplement $242,850 in annual special tax revenues to pay for two resident deputy sheriffs and maintenance of one patrol car. The Citizens Advisory Committee determined that additional tax revenue is needed to continue funding the existing level of service.
Under the proposal, special taxes levied within the area would be increased by $140 per parcel beginning in fiscal year 2019/20. Proposed Ordinance No. 2019-02 would increase the CSA P-5 special taxes to a maximum of $932 per parcel for parcels used for commercial recreational purposes and to a maximum of $470 per parcel for all other parcels. The current tax rates being levied by the Board are a maximum of $792 per parcel for parcels used for commercial recreational purposes, and a maximum of $330 per parcel for all other parcels.
If adopted by the Board, Ordinance No. 2019-02 would become effective only if it is presented to the voters of CSA P-5 at an election, and receives the approval of two-thirds of the voters voting on the measure. Resolution No. 2019/5 would direct Ordinance No. 2019-02 to be presented to the CSA P-5 voters for approval in a May 7, 2019, mail ballot election, and provides appropriate ballot language. The resolution also directs the County Clerk, Elections Division, to conduct the election.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the Board does not take the recommended actions before the February 8, 2019, deadline to place measures on the May 7, 2019, mail ballot, the proposed tax measure could not be submitted to CSA P-5 voters for consideration on May 7, 2019.
CLERK'S ADDENDUM
CLOSED the hearing. ADOPTED Ordinance No. 2019-02, authorizing the levy of an increased special tax for extended police protection services in County Service Area (CSA) P-5, in the unincorporated area of Round Hill, and Resolution No. 2019/5, directing the ordinance to be presented to the CSA P-5 voters for approval in a May 7, 2019, mail-ballot election.