(A) The Board of County Commissioners is authorized to budget, and the County Council is authorized to appropriate, funds from the county’s General Fund, or from other funds to provide membership for the county and for the elected and appointed officials and members of the county’s boards, councils, departments, or agencies in local, regional, state, and national associations of a civic, educational, or governmental nature, which have as their purpose the betterment and improvement of county government operations.
(B) The Board of County Commissioners is further authorized to budget, and the County Council is further authorized to appropriate, funds to pay the expenses of duly authorized representatives to attend the joint meetings and functions of organizations to which the county belongs.
(Prior Code, § 33.004) (Ord. passed 7-30-1982)
Statutory reference:
Grants local units of government all the powers they need for the effective operation of government, see I.C. 36-1-3-2