The funds collected under the provisions of this Chapter 880 shall be credited to the General Fund and applied for the following purposes and in the following order:
(a) Administration. Such part thereof as shall be necessary to defray all costs of collecting all income taxes levied and the cost of administering and enforcing the provisions of this Chapter shall be appropriated by Council for that purpose.
(b) Allocation of Thirty-Five One-Hundredths Percent (0.35%) Tax Increase. The funds resulting from the additional 0.35% income tax rate, as provided in Ordinance No. 89-95, passed by City Council on July 24, 1995, and approved by the electors of the City at an election on November 7, 1995, shall be allocated and transferred to the Police Fund and/or the Fire Fund and appropriated for the purpose of operating and expanding the Safety Forces of the City.
(c) Allocation of Sixty-Five One-Hundredths Percent (0.65%) Tax Increase. During the period from January I, 2018 through December 31, 2022, the funds resulting from the additional 0.65% income tax rate, as provided in Ordinance No. 8-17, and approved by the electors of the City at an election on May 2, 2017, and passed thereafter by the City Council, shall be allocated and transferred to the Police Fund and/or the Fire Fund and appropriated for the purpose of maintaining staffing levels for the Safety Forces of the City.
(d) The funds resulting from the 1.00% income tax rate, as described in Section 880.005.1, shall be available for appropriation and allocation, as deemed necessary by the Council of the City of Brunswick, for the following purposes: general municipal operations, maintenance, acquisition of new equipment, extension and enlargement of Municipal services and facilities and capital improvements of the City.
(e) The Council shall, from time to time, pass Ordinances providing for the allocations required and permitted in this Section, which shall be on file with the Clerk of Council.
(Ord. 8-17. Passed 6-13-17.)