955.28 ESTABLISHMENT OF A BUDGET.

   (a)    The various funds of the City, listed under the General Fund, and known as The Tree Commission Funds, (or line item budget account) is hereby established which is to be utilized for the receipt of license and permit fees, bond moneys generally, grant moneys, damages, penalties and donations. These funds shall be held and/or deposited with the City through its Finance Director. Any funds budgeted for expense in this area shall be in conjunction with, and/or as a part of, the City's budget for its Parks and Recreation Department, with its own isolated subcategories within that budget. Any disbursement must be solely for the purpose of encouraging the planting, maintenance and relocation of public trees within the City under the jurisdiction of the Tree Commission.

   (b)   The Director of Finance is authorized and directed to receive such moneys at intermittent intervals, so segregate them into a line item budget account for the purpose herein mentioned, and thereafter to periodically disburse any funds that shall be appropriated to provide for the planning, maintenance and relocation of public trees, within the City under the jurisdiction of the Tree Commission.

   (c)   The Parks & Recreation Department will be the holding entity for Tree Commission monies in the Department’s Enterprise accounts. All expenditures concerning the Tree Commission in excess of five hundred dollars ($500.00) shall not be expended without the approval of the Tree Commission.

(Ord. 2001-317. Passed 1-14-02.)