This article establishes and authorizes revolving funds for
use by Town departments, boards, committees, agencies and officers
in connection with the operation of programs or activities that generate
fees, charges or other receipts to support all or some of the expenses
of those programs or activities. These revolving funds are established
under and governed by MGL c. 44, § 53E 1/2.
A department or agency head, board, committee or officer may
incur liabilities against and spend monies from a revolving fund established
and authorized by this article without appropriation, subject to the
following limitations:
A. Fringe benefits of full-time employees whose salaries or wages are
paid from the fund shall also be paid from the fund.
B. No liability shall be incurred in excess of the available balance
of the fund.
C. The total amount spent during a fiscal year shall not exceed the
amount authorized by the Town Council on or before July 1 of that
fiscal year, or any increased amount of that authorization that is
later approved during that fiscal year by the Town Council.
Interest earned on monies credited to a revolving fund established
by this article shall be credited to the general fund.
Except as provided in MGL c. 44, § 53E 1/2 and this
article, the laws, Charter provisions, ordinances, rules, regulations,
policies or procedures that govern the receipt and custody of Town
monies and the expenditure and payment of Town funds shall apply to
the use of a revolving fund established and authorized by this article.
The Town Auditor shall include a statement on the collections credited
to the fund, the encumbrances and expenditures charged to each fund
and the balance available for expenditure in the regular report the
Town Auditor provides the department, board, committee, agency or
officer on appropriations made for its use. A copy of such report
shall also be provided simultaneously to the Town Council.
The table attached to this article establishes:
A. Each revolving fund authorized for use by a Town department, board,
committee, agency or officer;
B. The department or agency head, board, committee or officer authorized
to spend from each fund;
C. The fees, charges and other monies charged and received by the department,
board, committee, agency or officer in connection with the program
or activity for which the fund is established that shall be credited
to each fund by the Town Auditor;
D. The expenses of the program or activity for which each fund may be
used;
E. Any restrictions or conditions on expenditures from each fund;
F. Any reporting or other requirements that apply to each fund; and
G. The fiscal years each fund shall operate under this article.
The legislative body will vote on or before July 1 on the amount
that may be spent from each fund during the upcoming fiscal year.