[Adopted 9-5-2006 by Ord. No. 205]
The Town Council of Ocean View may award to each organized volunteer
fire service or organized provider of other emergency services in the Town
of Ocean View annual grants which may be in addition to all other grants or
payments made by the Town Council of Ocean View to them. The grants shall
be known as the "Ocean View Emergency Services Enhancement Funding Program."
On or before February 1 of each year, the Town Council of Ocean View
shall receive from the Town's Chief Financial Officer his estimate of
the funds that may be available for grants as a result of the imposition of
the surcharge described hereinafter.
On or before March 1 next following, the Town Council of Ocean View
shall receive from volunteer fire service and other organized providers of
fire protection and emergency services to the Town of Ocean View 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 Town Council of Ocean View, and it 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 Ocean View Emergency Services Enhancement Funding Program grants
shall be funded by means of, and there is hereby imposed, a surcharge of not
less than 0.25% and not to exceed 0.50% of the construction value shown in
the applications for building permits issued by the Town of Ocean View. 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 Ocean View accepting grants from the
Ocean View Emergency Services Enhancement Funding Program shall annually submit
to the Chief Financial Officer, or his designee, its financial statement and
shall further identify those costs or expenses which have been paid for by
grant funds.
The Town Council is hereby authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations,
including required audit, as it deems necessary for the purpose of giving
full force and effect to the provisions of this article.
The collection of the surcharge and the award of grants shall commence
in fiscal year 2007.