(A) A Law Enforcement Trust Fund is established.
(B) Money recoveries awarded by the Common Pleas Court shall be deposited into the Trust Fund.
(C) The Trust Fund shall be used only for the Village Police Department.
(D) No monies shall be used by the Village Police Department until the Department has adopted a written internal control policy that addresses the uses of the monies. The policy shall comply with the requirements of R.C. § 2981.13.
(E) The Trust Fund shall not be used to meet the operating costs of the Police Department.
(F) The Department shall file with Council each year an annual report by no later than January 31 verifying that the Trust Fund proceeds were expended only for the purposes authorized by R.C. § 2981.13 and specifying the amount expended for each authorized purpose.
(G) The Department shall file with the Ohio Attorney General each year an annual report by no later than March 1 stating the receipt of Trust Funds and the uses of any proceeds or forfeited monies made in the prior calendar year.
(Ord. 30-05, passed 8-1-2005)