Ordinance 07-2022 Appropriating the Unobligated Monies on Deposit in the Rainy Day Fund for the Police K9 Program

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ORDINANCE NO. 7-2022 ORDINANCE OF MOORESVILLE TOWN COUNCIL APPROPRIATING UNOBLIGATED MONIES ON DEPOSIT IN THE RAINY DAY FUND FOR THE POLICE K9 PROGRAM WHEREAS, the Town of Mooresville (the "Town') is a municipality organized and existing entity under the provisions of Ind. Code 36-5-1; WHEREAS, the Council President (the 'Executive") is the Executive of the Town; WHEREAS, the Mooresville Town Council (the "Council') is the fiscal body of the Town; WHEREAS, the Council, by and through the Mooresville Police Department, is responsible for providing safety and protection for all individuals living and traveling through its jurisdiction; WHEREAS, the police department has requested funding to help support its K9 program, and the Council is responsible for appropriating sufficient dollars to the Mooresville Police Department to provide such help, when necessary; WHEREAS, the Executive has recommended that the Council transfer Twenty - Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) of those unobligated dollars on deposit in the Rainy Day Fund to the General Fund and then appropriate those monies to a new line item under the police budget for the sole purpose of supporting the police K9 operations; WHEREAS, the additional appropriation of such unobligated funds will not increase the Town's tax levy set in accordance with Ind. Code 6-1.1-17; WHEREAS, the Town h as caused notice of a hearing on said transfer and appropriation to be published as required by law; and WHEREAS, the public hearing was held on July 5, 2022 at 6:30 p.m., at Mooresville Town Hall, Mooresville, Indiana, concerning said transfer and appropriation at which time all taxpayers and interested persons had an opportunity to appear and express their views as to such additional appropriation; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MOORESVILLE TOWN COUNCIL, AS FOLLOWS: 1 73899105v1