<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 3-121. - Animal Services Trust Fund; creation of trust fund, acceptance, investment, use and expenditure of gifts, grants and awards to animal services.</div>
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               There is hereby created an Animal Services General Trust Fund (trust fund) for the
               purpose of accepting and disbursing gifts, grants, and awards of money paid to Cleveland
               County for the use and benefit of dogs and cats in Cleveland County.
               
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                  (1)
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                  The trust fund account is to be self-perpetuating from year to year unless abolished
                  by the county board of commissioners.
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                  (2)
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                  The animal services director shall have authority to expend trust account funds for
                  the betterment of the Cleveland County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center and the
                  animals of Cleveland County.
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                  (3)
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                  Gifts, grants, and awards received from public and private donors shall be deposited
                  in the control trust fund account created in this section and shall at all times be
                  kept separate and apart from the general funds, such that they will more to the use
                  and benefit of animal control.
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                  (4)
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                  Gifts, grants, and awards not immediately used may be invested in accordance with
                  the county's investment policies or practices.
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                  (5)
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                  Funds not expended at the close of the fiscal year shall be carried forward into the
                  next year.
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                  (6)
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                  Gifts, grants, and awards to the trust fund account shall be received by animal services
                  and delivered to the finance officer, who shall deposit them as determined by subsection
                  (3).
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                  (7)
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                  Any gifts, grants or awards received subject to a condition shall be expended strictly
                  in accordance with such condition.
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               (Ord. Of 9-21-21(2))
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