29C.17 - LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FUND.
29C.17 LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FUND.
1. A local emergency management fund is created in the office of
the county treasurer. Revenues provided and collected shall be
deposited in the fund. An unencumbered balance in the fund shall not
revert to county general revenues. Any reimbursement, matching
funds, moneys received from sale of property, or moneys obtained from
any source in connection with the county emergency management program
shall be deposited in the local emergency management fund. The
commission shall be the fiscal authority and the chairperson or vice
chairperson of the commission is the certifying official.
2. For the purposes consistent with this chapter, the county
emergency management agency's approved budget may be funded by one or
any combination of the following options:
a. A countywide special levy approved by the board of
supervisors.
b. Per capita allocation funded from city and county general
funds or by a combination of city and county special levies which may
be apportioned among the member jurisdictions.
c. An allocation computed as each jurisdiction's relative
share of the total assessed valuation within the county.
d. A voluntary share allocation.
3. A political subdivision may appropriate additional funds for
the purpose of supporting commission expenses relating to special or
unique matters extending beyond the resources of the agency.
4. Expenditures from the local emergency management fund shall be
made on warrants drawn by the county auditor, supported by claims and
vouchers signed by the emergency management coordinator or
chairperson of the commission.
5. Subject to chapter 24, the commission shall adopt, certify,
and submit a budget, on or before February 28 of each year, to the
county board of supervisors and the cities for the ensuing fiscal
year which will include an itemized list of the number of emergency
management personnel, their salaries and cost of personnel benefits,
travel and transportation costs, fixed costs of operation, and all
other anticipated emergency management expenses. The salaries and
compensation of agency personnel coming under the merit system as
determined by the commission will include salary schedules for
classes in which the salary of a class is based on merit
qualifications for the positions. Section History: Early Form
[C62, § 28A.12; C66, 71, 73, 75, § 29C.13; C77, 79, 81, § 29C.17]
Section History: Recent Form
92 Acts, ch 1139, § 16