(A) Every recital in the ordinance codified herein is adopted into this section.
(B) There is hereby established the County Building and Long-Range Contingency Fund.
(C) Said fund shall be the depository for all proceeds resulting from the sale of the Courthouse Annex and Carnegie Library building specifically described above, which buildings are located in the county. Such proceeds shall not be deposited into the county government General Fund, absent a directive to do so by the Board of Commissioners of the county or appropriate supervisory agencies of the state government.
(D) Said fund shall be non-reverting in nature and all expenditures therefrom shall be exclusively made and controlled by the Board of Commissioners.
(E) Expenditures from said fund may be made for the following purposes:
(1) For any purpose in the nature of construction, remodeling, renovation or other building projects necessary for the on-going and effective operation of the county government and its governmental offices;
(2) For other contingencies connected with the operation of the county government or its governmental offices that the Board of Commissioners deems necessary to the public interest or necessary for the effective delivery of governmental service and assistance to the county citizens;
(3) For such expenditures that are the result of joint decisions by the Board of Commissioners and the County Council, which are necessary to the public interest and are jointly agreed to by a simple majority of the County Council present voting in any regular or special meeting and by a simple majority of the Board of Commissioners at any regular or special meeting; or
(4) For such unexpected needs that may arise, from time to time, in governmental administrative operations under the direct supervision and/or control of the Board of Commissioners of the county.
(F) The Auditor of the county is hereby directed to maintain and manage accurate accounting information concerning the receipts, expenditures and balances of this fund, to list it under the designation of Special County Funds, along with already existing county funds not funded by direct property tax revenues on all financial reports and computer printouts made and generated for, and in the name of, the Board of Commissioners of the county.
(G) No county warrants shall be authorized to issue for expenditures from this fund for payment of any monies, except upon a verified itemized claim for same being submitted, reviewed and approved by the Board of Commissioners, and without the Commissioners’ ordering the issuance of such a warrant. No expenditures from this fund shall be made except in accord with this section.
(Ord. 5-1993, passed 9-21-1993)