A.
The Tree Commission shall prepare annually, and, on or before the
first day of November of each year, submit to the elected Borough
Council for approval a budget showing its contemplated income and
its proposed expenditures for the succeeding year.
A.
From money budgeted and available, the Commission shall make all
payments for its activities and all necessary and appropriate expenses
of the Commission's operation, including specifically clerical
assistance, professional assistance, stationery, postage, bank fees,
printing, supplies, and equipment. As used herein above, "money budgeted"
shall include allocation of time of Borough employees to projects
authorized and under the direction of the Commission.
B.
An approved purchase order shall be required prior to the expenditure
of any funds, except expenditure of funds for salaries, professional
fees, and regular, routine costs. The commitment at any one time for
a payment, or a cumulative series of payments, in excess of $1,000
shall first be approved by the elected Borough Council, except such
commitment be for an employee's salary or for professional fees;
the commitment of any amount in excess of $50, or such higher amount
as the elected Borough Council may from time to time establish, shall
be approved by a majority of the Commission members; and the commitment
of any amount less than $50, or such higher amount as the elected
Borough Council may from time to time establish shall be approved
by the Commission Chairman or during his absence or incapacity the
Vice-Chairman.
A.
Tree Commission may receive, in addition to payments by the Borough as provided for in § 55-25 below, any payments of any fees, gifts, grants, bequests or devices.
B.
The Commission shall have no authority to receive loan proceeds nor
any authority to make loans, except the Commission may receive advanced
payments or temporary loans from other Borough funds with the approval
of the elected Borough Council.
The Commission shall establish a system of accounts for all
moneys under its control, and establish one or store separate bank
accounts in a bank designated by the elected Borough Council into
which bank accounts all income shall be deposited and from which all
expenditures shall be made.
The Borough shall transfer and pay over to the Borough of Pine Grove Tree Commission the money budgeted, as provided above in § 55-21B, from tax levies as received, and shall also transfer and pay over to the Commission any money received as a gift, grant, bequest, device, fee, or charge which is intended for planting, removing, maintaining or protecting shade trees in the Borough and also for general operation of the Commission.
