8659-13 Adopting Guidelines for Westshore CERT

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V. WSC Funding (A) Funding and Audits. (1) The Westshore Council of Governments, as the primary sponsoring organization, may provide funding for WSC operations, and may authorize WSC to perform charitable, non - profit, or tax - exempt activities on behalf of the Westshore Council of Govern- ments. (2) The WSC may investigate funding sources and initiate applications for grant or other funding from Westshore city councils in the same manner as other departments sub- ject to the rules and regulations governing all municipal funds and further subject to the review, audit and oversight of the Westshore Council of Govermnents fiscal of- ficer. (3) All records of the WSC shall be made available to all Westshore directors of finance and council finance committees in conjunction with the budgetary process. (4) No funds of the organization shall be used for any purpose other than the training and retention of volunteers, and the purchase and maintenance of equipment, supplies, disaster preparedness materials, and fundraising supplies necessary to fulfill the stated purpose(s) of the WSC. All WSC expenditures, including grant funding and any mu- nicipal appropriation, shall be reviewed and approved in advance by the Westshore Council of Governments and approved for payment by its designated finance director. (5) No WSC funds shall be used for or paid to any person or persons serving as a volun- teer in the WSC with the exception of reimbursements authorized by the Westshore Council of Governments. (B) Donations. (1) The Westshore Council of Governments may authorize the WSC to solicit grants or donations from private sources including but not limited to private citizens, corpora- tions, non - governmental organizations, charitable non - profit corporations, and other similar entities. Such solicitations shall be conducted under the supervision of offi- cials from the Westshore Council of Governments. (2) Donations may be in cash or in kind. (3) WSC volunteers shall not accept any donations in person, whether in cash or in kind, but shall direct delivery of any donations to the official of the Westshore Council of Governments acting for that purpose. The Westshore Council of Governments or its designee, upon request, will issue a donation receipt to any donor.