(A) A “Special LOIT Distribution Fund #257" is hereby established in and for the town.
(B) Moneys from the state’s Local Option Income Tax Trust Fund distributed by the County Auditor to the town shall be deposited into the Special LOIT Distribution Fund #257.
(C) Moneys from the Special LOIT Distribution Fund #257 may be expended only upon an appropriation by the Town Council and only for the following:
(1) At least 75% of the special LOIT distribution must be:
(a) Used exclusively by the town for:
1. Engineering, land acquisition, construction, resurfacing, maintenance, restoration or rehabilitation of both local and arterial road and street systems;
2. The payment of principal and interest on bonds sold primarily to finance road, street or thoroughfare projects;
3. Any local costs required to undertake a recreational or reservoir road project under I.C. 8-23-5;
4. The purchase, rental or repair of highway equipment;
5. Providing a match for a grant from the Local Road and Bridge Matching Grant Fund under I.C. 8-23-30; or
6. Capital projects for aviation related property or facilities, including capital projects of a board of aviation commissioners established under I.C. 8-22-2 or an airport authority established under I.C. 8-22-3-1; or
(b) Deposited in the town’s Rainy Day Fund established under I.C. 36-1-8-5.1. The money deposited in a Rainy Day Fund under this clause may not be appropriated from the Rainy Day Fund or transferred to another fund under I.C. 36-1-8-5.1(g), unless the money will be used exclusively for purposes set forth in division (C)(1)(a) above.
(2) The remaining part of a Special LOIT Distribution may be spent by the town for any other purposes allowed by law.
(Ord. 09-2016, passed 6-14-2016)