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Council adopts ordinance O-05-2024 to update notice delivery for special assessments
Summary
The council unanimously adopted Ordinance O-05-2024 on second reading to align Town code with Florida Statutes by changing notice delivery for levying special assessments from certified mail to first-class mail and adjusting legal-notice publication requirements.
At second reading the council adopted Ordinance O-05-2024, which amends Chapter 18 (Taxation) to align town special-assessment notice procedures with section 197.3632 of the Florida Statutes. Mr. Lohman (speaker 8) read the ordinance title and explained the changes: certified-mail notices will be replaced by first-class mail sent 20 days before a public hearing, and newspaper publication requirements will be revised to two consecutive weekly notices.
Councilmember Castle moved to adopt the ordinance on second and final reading; Councilmember Morehouse seconded. Mayor Karen Lisco called for the vote and the motion carried 5-0. The ordinance includes a severability clause and codification authority; staff said there were no changes between the first and second readings.
The change is procedural: it alters the town's notice delivery method and the legal-ad publication cadence to conform with state law. The ordinance was tied on the record to section 197.3632 of the Florida Statutes as the governing authority for notice language.
