A. Funds to prepare for and meet disasters shall be made available out of the village's general fund, EMA division.
B. It is the village council's intent that the first recourse shall be to funds regularly allocated to the agency. If the mayor finds that demands placed upon these funds in coping with a particular disaster are unreasonably great, she may make application for funds from the state disaster relief fund. If monies available from the fund are insufficient, and if the mayor finds that other sources of money to cope with the disaster are not available or are insufficient she shall issue a call for an immediate session of the village council for the purpose of enacting ordinances as the council may deem necessary to transfer and expend monies appropriated for other purposes, or borrow monies from the United States government or other public or private sources. If less than a quorum of the members of the council is capable of convening in session to enact such ordinances for the transfer, expenditure or load of such monies, the mayor is authorized to carry out these decisions until such time as a quorum of the council can convene.
C. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to limit the mayor's authority to apply for, administer and expend grants, gifts or payments in aid of disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.
D. The village council may make appropriations for emergency services operations in the manner provided by law for making appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the village. The council may also levy for emergency services operations a tax not to exceed five one-hundredths of one percent (0.05%) for the full, fair cash value as equalized or assessed by the department of revenue on all taxable property in the municipality for the current year. However, the amount collectible under such levy shall in no event exceed twenty five cents ($0.25) per capita. The annual tax shall be in addition to and in excess of the amount authorized to be levied for general corporate business 1 . (Ord. 05-12, 11-1-2005)
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| 1 | 1. 65 ILCS 5/8-3-16. |