RESOLUTION

A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE TAX RATE FOR CALENDAR YEAR

2002 FOR REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE MARSHALL ELECTRIC

POWER AND LIGHT SERVICE DISTRICT

            WHEREAS, the Marshall Community League has contracted with Dominion Virginia Power for the provision of operation and maintenance of street lights in the unincorporated town of Marshall (hereinafter “Marshall”); and

WHEREAS, the Marshall Community League has funded the cost of the operation and maintenance of the street lights in Marshall through bingo and other fundraising efforts; and

WHEREAS, the Marshall Community League is no longer willing or able to support the cost of the maintenance and operation of street lights in Marshall through bingo and other fundraising efforts; and

WHEREAS, the Marshall Townhouse Association has requested that the street lights located within the townhouse development also be included in any service district established herein; and

WHEREAS, on March 18, 2002, the Board of Supervisors, by ordinance, established the Marshall Electric Power and Light Service District for the purpose of providing street lights within the service district; and

WHEREAS, Section 8-52.1 of the Fauquier County Code permits the Board of Supervisors to annually levy a tax on the assessed value of real property located in the Marshall Electric Power and Light Service District to pay for the provision of street light services within the district; and

WHEREAS, after due notice and public hearing, the Board of Supervisors held a public hearing to receive citizen comment on a proposed resolution establishing the annual tax rate for Calendar Year 2002 for the Marshall Electric Power and Light Service District at two cents (2¢) per one hundred dollars ($100) assessed value for all real property located in the District; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, by the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors, this 15th day of April 2002, That the Board of Supervisors hereby establishes an annual tax rate for calendar year 2002 for the Marshall Electric Power and Light Service District at two cents (2¢) per one hundred dollars ($100) assessed value for all real property located in the District.