Edgewood approves first‑step ordinance to enable future fire assessment
Ordinance 2026‑07 creates the legal framework under Florida law to allow a future non‑ad valorem fire services assessment; it does not set rates and passed a first reading on roll call 5–0.
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Attorney Smith read Ordinance 2026‑07 in title only and explained the ordinance establishes the City's home‑rule authority to create and collect a non‑ad valorem fire services assessment in a future budget cycle. He stressed that the ordinance itself does not set assessment rates or levy a tax; it creates the statutory framework required by state law for a future action.
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