(A) Each and every recital set forth herein is adopted into this section.
(B) There is hereby established the Clark County Indiana Landfill Improvements Fund.
(C) Said fund shall be non-reverting in nature and shall be funded by that component of the Clark-Floyd Landfill tonnage fee, as adjusted from time to time, reserved for improvements at, or in relation to, the Clark-Floyd Landfill, and the respective communities of Clark and Floyd Counties, based upon their respective interest and responsibility for the mode of solid waste disposal represented by the Clark-Floyd Landfill. All expenditures therefrom shall be exclusively made and controlled by the Board of Commissioners of the county after consultation with, and upon agreement with, the Board of Commissioners of Floyd County, Indiana.
(D) Expenditures from said fund may be made for the following purposes:
(1) For expenses in relation to the construction, maintenance and planning for all improvements, of any kind, in the nature of access roads, bridges, fencing and other necessitates for the better establishment, usage and operation of the Clark-Floyd Landfill;
(2) For such other expenses, in proportions determined by a pre-existing agreement between the respective Boards of Commissioners of Clark and Floyd Counties, as the Board of each respective county determines to be necessary in order to further the benefit and education, concerning solid waste management, in their respective county;
(3) For such other expenses, as determined by each respective Board pursuant to said agreement with the other Board, that are necessary or beneficial to the citizens of Clark and Floyd Counties, respectively, so as to make the Clark-Floyd Landfill operation, and revenues derived therefrom, a useful component of local government planning in both of said counties; and
(4) For all other purposes mutually agreed upon by the respective Boards of Commissioners of Clark and Floyd Counties, Indiana.
(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. 11-1993, passed 11-3-1993; Ord. 11-1994, passed 8-16-1994)