(a) Be the administrative, planning, coordinating, evaluative, and reviewing body for services to persons in Greenville County who are mentally retarded or have other related disabilities; the board shall be funded in part or in whole by appropriations from the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs.
(b) Submit an annual plan and projected budget to the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs for approval and consideration of funding.
(c) Review and evaluate on at least an annual basis county mental retardation and related disability services provided pursuant to this ordinance and report its findings and recommendations to the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs and Greenville County Council.
(d) Promote and accept local financial support for the Greenville County program from funding sources, such as businesses, individuals, industrial and private foundations, voluntary agencies, governmental and other lawful sources and promote public support from municipal and county sources.
(e) Employ personnel and expend its budget for the direct delivery of services or contract with those service vendors necessary to carry out county mental retardation or related disability service programs, which shall meet those specifications prescribed by the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs.
(f) Plan, arrange, and implement working agreements and contracts with other human service agencies, both public and private, and with educational and judicial agencies.
(g) Provide the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs and the county council such records, reports, and access to its sponsored services as the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs and the county council may require and submit its sponsored services and facilities to licensing requirements of the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs or the licensing requirements of other state or local agencies having such legal authority.
(h) Buy, sell, mortgage, pledge, encumber, lease, rent, and contract with respect to real and personal property, and borrow money, provided the obligation to repay same is payable out of any revenues of the county mental retardation board, and shall not obligate the full faith, credit, and taxing power of Greenville County.
(i) Provide a public forum to which individuals or groups may present any concerns or appeal a dispute or disagreement with a provider agency or service.
(1976 Code, § 10-54) (Ord. 2378, § 5, passed 6-16-1992; Ord. 2552, § 2, passed 3-14-1994)