(a) There is hereby created and established in the Fire Department of the City of Los Angeles, hereinafter referred to in this article as the “Department”, a fund to be known as the “LAFD Special Training Fund”, hereinafter referred to in this article as the “Fund”. There is hereby established within the Fund two accounts to be known as the “General Account “and the “State Educational Account”.
(b) The purpose of the General Account shall be for the receipt, retention and disbursement of monies received from classroom rentals, grants, equipment rentals and special service fees collected for the training of members of outside agencies by members of the Department or its designee. Expenditure of funds shall be limited to operational costs to support training, including purchases and leases of equipment required for training purposes. These monies shall only be expended for the following purposes:
1. Expenses and equipment directly related to training; and the
2. Short term (no more than five days) rental of training facilities or equipment.
(c) The purpose of the State Educational Account shall be for the receipt, retention and disbursement of monies received from state educational funds for the training of members of the Department.
These monies shall be expended for the following purposes:
1. Funding for Department members to provide fire service-related and scheduled training to other Department members;
2. Funding for Department members to attend fire service-related training, both within the Department and at other locations;
3. Facility improvements to enhance training capabilities;
4. Fire service-related training equipment;
5. Contracts for training to be provided to Department members by outside vendors;
6. Travel and per diem expenses for Department members to attend fire service-related off-site training, including conferences and seminars;
7. Short term rental of training facilities or equipment.
(d) In each fiscal year, revenue receipts deposited in the Fund shall be limited to $1,500,000 and all sums received in excess of that amount shall be deposited in the General Fund.
(e) The Fund shall be administered by the Chief Engineer and General Manager or his or her designees.
(f) All interest or other earnings attributed to monies in the Fund shall be credited to the Fund and shall be devoted to the purposes thereof.
(h) The Department shall report to the City Council and Mayor regarding and identifying all receipts into, and all expenditures out of, the Fund, as well as the purposes for which the expenditures were made. Each report shall cover a fiscal year and shall be submitted within 60 days after the close of said fiscal year.
(i) The existence of the Fund shall not preclude the expenditure of sums appropriated in the annual Department budget from the General Fund or other funds from other sources designated for training activities.
SECTION HISTORY
Article and Section Added by Ord. No. 171,715, Eff. 10-16-97.
Amended by: Ord. No. 173,341, Eff. 7-14-00; Subsecs. (h) and (i) Added, Ord. No. 173,341, Eff. 7-14-00; Ord. No. 174,339, Eff. 12-29-01; Ord. No. 174,339 repealed, Subsec. (d) amended, Ord. No. 174,434, Eff. 3-22-02, Oper. 12-29-01.