(A) The County Soil and Water Conservation District (referred to in this section as the “District”) is created as an intra-governmental department.
(B) As required by county ordinances and practices, or as required by state law, as an intra-governmental department, the District shall submit its annual budget estimates to:
(1) The Board of Commissioners;
(2) The County Auditor; and
(3) Ultimately, the County Council.
(C) The annual budgetary estimate shall provide for the salaries of employees of the District. The salaries of those employees shall:
(1) Include all fringe benefit programs for which those employees are eligible; and
(2) Be regulated and controlled by the salary ordinance adopted and approved annually by the County Council.
(D) All expenditures of funds appropriated by the County Council for the District shall be subject to the record keeping devices and claim approval procedures as other county funds are subject under state law, county law and local practice. Salaries and other payments for the benefit of employees of the District shall be made by the County Auditor and the County Treasurer. Other expenditures of any appropriated county funds shall be processed by the County Auditor, County Treasurer and the Board of Commissioners for approval and payment, as are expenditures of county funds by other departments or offices of the county government.
(E) Nothing in this section shall enlarge or infringe upon the powers, authority, duties and responsibilities of the District existing pursuant to I.C. 14-23-2 or any other state law.
(Prior Code, § 14-32-3-17) (Ord. passed 7-19-1982, 82 COM REC 246–248)