(A) Every recital in the ordinance codified herein is adopted into this section.
(B) There is hereby established the Clark County Indiana Solid Waste Permit and Bond Fund.
(C) Said fund shall be non-reverting in nature and all proceeds received from persons or firms engaged in solid waste collection in the county shall be deposited therein. Ordinances 6-1982 and 1-1983, as amended, are incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof. Said ordinances are not repealed hereby, but shall continue to exist to the extent not inconsistent with this section. Expenditures therefrom shall be exclusively made and controlled by the Board of Commissioners.
(D) Expenditures from said fund may be made for the following purposes:
(1) For the operation of a permit fee and bond record-keeping system so as to implement the underlying purpose of the ordinance and so as to pay all expenses necessary to fulfill the requirements of registration, fee payment, bond provision and the like as required by said incorporated ordinances and by state law;
(2) For expenses of operating any office, including the Commissioners’ office, of the county government as determined by the Board of Commissioners and for meeting the expense of any county-sponsored service, for the benefit of the citizens of the county, as determined by said Board of Commissioners; and
(3) For such other expenses pertaining to the operations or services of the county as are mutually agreed upon, by simple majority vote of the membership present at any regular or special meeting, by the Board of Commissioners and the County Council.
(E) The Auditor 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 Landfill 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.
(F) 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. 9-1993, passed 11-3-1993; Ord. 4-1996, passed 9-17-1996)