[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Mansfield
4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 18. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter establishes and authorizes revolving funds for
use by Town departments, boards, committees, agencies or officers
in connection with the operation of programs or activities that generate
fees, charges or other receipts to support all or some of the expenses
of those programs or activities. These revolving funds are established
under and governed by MGL c. 44, § 53E 1/2.
A department or agency head, board, committee or officer may
incur liabilities against and spend monies from a revolving fund established
and authorized by this chapter without appropriation subject to the
following limitations:
A.
Fringe benefits of full-time employees whose salaries or wages are
paid from the fund shall also be paid from the fund [except for those
employed as school bus drivers].
B.
No liability shall be incurred in excess of the available balance
of the fund.
C.
The total amount spent during a fiscal year shall not exceed the
amount authorized by Town Meeting on or before July 1 of that fiscal
year, or any increased amount of that authorization that is later
approved during that fiscal year by the Select Board and the Finance
Committee.
Interest earned on monies credited to a revolving fund established
by this chapter shall be credited to the general fund.
Except as provided in MGL c. 44, § 53E 1/2, and this
chapter, the laws, Charter provisions, bylaws, rules, regulations,
policies or procedures that govern the receipt and custody of Town
monies and the expenditure and payment of Town funds shall apply to
the use of a revolving fund established and authorized by this chapter.
The Town Accountant shall include a statement on the collections credited
to each fund, the encumbrances and expenditures charged to the fund
and the balance available for expenditure in the regular report the
Town Accountant provides the department, board, committee, agency
or officer on appropriations made for its use.
[Amended 4-9-2019 ATM
by Art. 13]
Revolving funds are established and authorized for use by certain
Town departments, boards, committees, agencies, or officers under
M.G.L. c. 44, § 53E 1/2 as follows:
|
Revolving Fund Name
|
Programs and Purposes of Fund
|
Departmental Receipts to be Credited to Fund
|
Officer Authorized to Expend from Fund
|
Fiscal Year
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Radio Master Box Fee
|
The purchase of radio and related equipment to properly equip
and maintain the radio master box reading system
|
All radio master box fees
|
Fire Chief
|
Fiscal Year 2018
|
|
Ambulance Fee
|
Purchase of new ambulance and any emergency medical service-related
additional expenses to properly equip the ambulance
|
The first $100,000 of ambulance fees (the remaining ambulance
fees to be credited as General Fund receipts)
|
Fire Chief
|
Fiscal Year 2018
|
|
Inspections
|
Payment of electrical, mechanical, gas, and plumbing inspectors’
fees
|
65% of all electrical, mechanical, gas, and plumbing inspection
fees received (the remaining 35% to be credited as General Fund receipts)
|
Building Inspector
|
Fiscal Year 2018
|
|
Library Public Printing
|
Purchases of paper and toner for public printer and lease costs
of public copier
|
Public printer and public copier printing fees received
|
Town Library Director
|
Fiscal Year 2018
|
|
Library Materials Replacement
|
Purchases of new copies of materials lost or damaged by Town
public library users
|
All Town library patron reimbursement payments to pay for lost
or damaged materials
|
Town Library Director
|
Fiscal Year 2018
|
|
Parks and Recreation
|
Parks and recreation-related programs and services, scholarships
for college-bound high school students, and park-related equipment
|
Fees charged for various parks and recreation-related programs
and services
|
Parks and Recreation Director
|
Fiscal Year 2018
|
|
Community Paramedicine
|
Expenditures related to medical services provided to the Town's
at-risk population and ancillary services
|
Assessments to participating cities and towns and services rendered
to the public under this program
|
Fire Chief
|
2020
|
