(a) 
The city finance department shall establish separate interest-bearing accounts for water system impact fees and for wastewater system impact fees. Each impact fee collected for that category shall be deposited in that account.
(b) 
Interest earned on each impact fee account shall be credited to that account, and shall be used solely for the purposes authorized in this article.
(c) 
The city finance department shall establish and maintain adequate financial and accounting controls to ensure that impact fees disbursed from an account are used solely for the purposes authorized in this article. Disbursement of funds shall be authorized by the city at such times as deemed reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this article.
(d) 
The city finance department shall maintain financial records which show the source and disbursement of all fees collected or expended for each impact fee account. The records shall be open for public inspection during ordinary business hours.
(Ordinance 101007-1 adopted 10/7/10)
(a) 
Impact fees collected under this article shall be used to finance or to recoup the costs of constructing any capital improvements or facility expansions identified in the capital improvements plan for the applicable category of capital improvements. Construction costs include the construction contract price, surveying and engineering costs, and land acquisition costs (including purchase price, court awards and costs, attorney’s fees, and expert witness fees). Water system impact fees will be used only for water system capital improvements or facility expansions. Wastewater system impact fees will be used only for wastewater system capital improvements or facility expansions.
(b) 
Impact fees may be used to pay the principal and interest and other finance costs on bonds, notes or other obligations issued by or on behalf of the city to finance capital improvements or facility expansions identified in the capital improvements plan.
(c) 
Impact fees may be used to pay fees to an independent qualified engineer or financial consultant (i.e., an engineer or consultant who is not an employee of the city) for preparing or updating the capital improvements plan.
(d) 
The city may pledge impact fee revenues as security for the payment of debt service on a bond, note, or other obligation issued to finance a capital improvement or facility expansion identified in the capital improvements plan if the city council certifies in an ordinance or resolution that none of the revenues will be used or expended for an improvement or expansion not identified in the plan.
(e) 
Impact fees collected under this article shall not be used to pay for any of the following:
(1) 
Construction, acquisition or expansion of public facilities or assets other than capital improvements or facility expansions identified in the capital improvements plan;
(2) 
Repair, operation, or maintenance of existing or new capital improvements or facility expansions;
(3) 
Upgrade, update, expand or replace existing capital improvements that serve existing development in order to meet stricter safety, efficiency, environmental or regulatory standards;
(4) 
Upgrade, update, expand or replace existing capital improvements to provide better service to existing development;
(5) 
Administrative and operating costs of the city; or
(6) 
Principal and interest or other finance charges on bonds or other indebtedness for capital improvements or facility expansions not identified on the capital improvements plan.
(Ordinance 101007-1 adopted 10/7/10)