29C.17 - LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FUND. - Iowa Statutes

29C.17 LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FUND. 1. A local emergency management fund is created in the office of the county treasurer. Revenues provided and collected shall be deposited in the fund. An unencumbered balance in the fund shall not revert to county general revenues. Any reimbursement, matching funds, moneys received from sale of property, or moneys obtained from any source in connection with the county emergency management program shall be deposited in the local emergency management fund. The commission shall be the fiscal authority and the chairperson or vice chairperson of the commission is the certifying official. 2. For the purposes consistent with this chapter, the county emergency management agency's approved budget may be funded by one or any combination of the following options: a. A countywide special levy approved by the board of supervisors. b. Per capita allocation funded from city and county general funds or by a combination of city and county special levies which may be apportioned among the member jurisdictions. c. An allocation computed as each jurisdiction's relative share of the total assessed valuation within the county. d. A voluntary share allocation. 3. A political subdivision may appropriate additional funds for the purpose of supporting commission expenses relating to special or unique matters extending beyond the resources of the agency. 4. Expenditures from the local emergency management fund shall be made on warrants drawn by the county auditor, supported by claims and vouchers signed by the emergency management coordinator or chairperson of the commission. 5. Subject to chapter 24, the commission shall adopt, certify, and submit a budget, on or before February 28 of each year, to the county board of supervisors and the cities for the ensuing fiscal year which will include an itemized list of the number of emergency management personnel, their salaries and cost of personnel benefits, travel and transportation costs, fixed costs of operation, and all other anticipated emergency management expenses. The salaries and compensation of agency personnel coming under the merit system as determined by the commission will include salary schedules for classes in which the salary of a class is based on merit qualifications for the positions.          Section History: Early Form [C62, § 28A.12; C66, 71, 73, 75, § 29C.13; C77, 79, 81, § 29C.17]          Section History: Recent Form 92 Acts, ch 1139, § 16