(A) It is the intent of the County Board and declared to be the policy of the county that every effort shall be made to provide funds for disaster emergencies.
(B) It is the County Board’s intent that the first recourse shall be to funds regularly appropriated to the agency. If the Chair finds that the demands placed upon these funds in coping with a particular disaster are unreasonably great, and if the Chair finds that other sources of money to cope with the disaster are not available or are insufficient, the Chair may issue a call for an immediate session of the County Board for the purpose of enacting ordinances as the Board may deem necessary to transfer and expend monies appropriated for other purposes, to borrow monies from the United States government or other public or private sources. If less than a quorum of the members of the Board is capable of convening in session to enact these ordinances for the transfer, expenditure, or loan of monies, the Chair is authorized to carry out those decisions until such time as a quorum of the Board can convene.
(C) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to limit the Chair’s authority to apply for, administer, and expend grants, gifts, or payments in aid of disaster prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, or recovery.
(1977 Code, § 3:5-1) (Res./Ord. passed 4-10-2007)