(A) Establishment and use. The Clerk-Treasurer of the city is authorized to establish the Canine/Police Equipment Donation Fund, which shall be used exclusively by the Police Department.
(Prior Code, § 3.90.010)
(B) Sources. The sources of this Fund shall be provided exclusively by the monies collected by personal donations, any police-sponsored fundraisers, any portion of money collected from violation fines as approved by the Common Council and all restitution money collected through the Drug Task Force.
(Prior Code, § 3.90.020)
(C) Limitations on Fund. The following procedures shall be followed in accounting for this Fund:
(1) Issue a State Board of Accounts- approved receipt for each donation, monies raised and any collected violation fines as approved by the Common Council;
(2) The Clerk-Treasurer shall receipt the fees to a separate fund in the ledger of receipts and disbursements titled “Canine/Police Equipment Donation Fund” and shall deposit the receipts in the city’s primary bank account;
(3) Expenditures shall be authorized by the Mayor or Police Chief, limited to the approved uses provided in the law and paid without appropriation upon the basis of a claim filed, allowed and paid in the proper legal manner;
(4) Expenditures shall be limited to the purchase of and maintenance of city-owned canines, bulletproof vests and tactical equipment; and
(5) A minimum of $7,500 shall be maintained in this Fund after December 31, 2007, unless an emergency situation arises with a canine.
(Prior Code, § 3.90.030)
(Ord. 2006-03, passed 4-3-2006; Ord. 2007-04, passed 4-2-2007)