(a) The Planning Commission has authority to expend, under regular City procedure as provided by law, all sums appropriated to it for purposes and activities authorized under West Virginia Code Article 8-24 or applicable ordinance.
(b) Any gifts and donations accepted by the City for Planning Commission purposes shall be deposited with the City in a special nonreverting Planning Commission fund to be available for expenditures by the Planning Commission for the purpose designated by the donor. The Director of Finance shall draw warrants against such special nonreverting fund only upon vouchers signed by the president and secretary of the Planning Commission.
(c) The Planning Commission is authorized to spend funds made available for the purposes of West Virginia Code Article 8-24 and City ordinances, and to accept and use funds provided for such purposes by the Government of the United States and any other agency or group whose interests are in harmony with such purposes in accordance with Federal requirements and under such conditions as the laws of the State may provide. In this connection, the Planning Commission is hereby expressly authorized to participate in the Federal planning assistance programs set forth in the Federal Housing Act of 1954, as amended, and any subsequent acts. (1976 Code Sec. 14-29)