[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Bridgeville 4-14-2003
by Ord. No. A03-3. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Commissioners of Bridgeville may award to each organized volunteer
fire service or organized provider of other emergency services in the Town
of Bridgeville annual grants which may be in addition to all other grants
or payments made by the Commissioners of Bridgeville to them. The grants shall
be known as the "Bridgeville Emergency Services Enhancement Funding Program."
On or before January 31 of each year, the Commissioners of Bridgeville
shall receive from the Town Treasurer his/her estimate of the funds that may
be available for grants as a result of the imposition of the surcharge described
hereinafter.
On or before February 28 next following, the Commissioners of Bridgeville
shall receive from volunteer fire service and other organized providers of
fire protection and emergency services to the Town of Bridgeville applications
for grants and shall recommend for inclusion in the annual budget the distribution
of the estimated funds which may be available for grants. The recommendation
shall be reviewed by the Commissioners of Bridgeville, and they shall make
the final determination as to the distribution of the grants, the method of
distribution, establish periodic or annual amounts to be distributed and such
determination shall be a part of the annual budget adopted by it.
The Bridgeville Emergency Services Enhancement Funding Program grants
shall be funded by means of, and there is hereby imposed, a surcharge of not
less than .25% and not to exceed .50% of the construction value shown in the
applications for building permits issued by the Town of Bridgeville. Said
surcharge shall be paid to and collected by the Town as are all other building
permit fees.
Each volunteer fire service or other organized provider of fire protection
and emergency services to the Town of Bridgeville accepting grants from the
Bridgeville Emergency Services Enhancement Funding Program shall annually
submit to the Town Treasurer, or his/her designee, its financial statement
and shall further identify those costs or expenses which have been paid for
by grant funds.
The Town Treasurer is hereby authorized to promulgate such rules and
regulations, including required audit, as he/she deems necessary for the purpose
of giving full force and effect to the provisions of this chapter.
The collection of the surcharge and the award of grants shall commence
in fiscal year 2004.
