(a) Council shall appropriate funds to carry out the duties of the Planning Commission.
(b) The Planning Commission shall have the power and authority to expend, under regular municipal procedure as provided by law, all sums appropriated to it for the purposes and activities authorized under this article.
(c) The City may accept gifts and donations for Planning Commission purposes. Any moneys so accepted shall be deposited with the Municipality in a special nonreverting Planning Commission Fund to be available for expenditures by the Planning Commission for the purpose designated by the donor. The disbursing officer of the Municipality shall draw warrants against such special nonreverting fund only upon vouchers signed by the president and secretary of the Planning Commission.
(d) The Planning Commission is empowered and authorized to spend funds made available for the purposes of this article, and to accept and use funds provided for the purposes of this article 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 subject to such conditions or limitations as the Constitution or law of the State may provide. In this connection the Planning Commission is hereby expressly authorized to participate in the federal planning assistance programs as set forth in the "Federal Housing Act of 1954", as amended and any subsequent acts. (Ord. 2022-005. Passed 4-4-22.)