[Adopted 7-20-2000 by Order No. 2000-144 (Art. XVIII-A of Ch. II of the General Ordinances as updated through 7-7-2003)]
[Amended 6-2-2011 by Order No. 2011-134]
The Town hereby establishes revolving funds, pursuant to Chapter 44, § 53 E 1/2 of the General Laws, within the special revenue accounts of the Town of Barnstable which shall be known as the:
A. 
Classroom Education Fund, Senior Services Division, Community Services Department.
B. 
Adult Social Day Fund, Senior Services Division, Community Services Department.
C. 
Recreation Program Fund, Recreation Division, Community Services Department.
D. 
Shellfish Propagation Fund, Natural Resources Division, Community Services Department.
E. 
Building Inspections Fund, Building Services Division, Regulatory Services Department.
F. 
Consumer Protection Fund, Consumer Affairs Division, Regulatory Services Department.
G. 
Geographical Information Systems Fund, Information Systems Division, Administrative Services Department.
H. 
Police Training Fund, Police Department.
I. 
Arts and Culture Program Fund, Planning and Development Department.
[Amended 5-4-2017 by Order No. 2017-142]
[Amended 6-2-2011 by Order No. 2011-134; 5-4-2017 by Order No. 2017-142[
The Senior Services Division, the Recreation Division and the Natural Resources Division of the Community Services Department, the Building Services Division and Consumer Affairs Division of the Regulatory Services Department, the Information Systems Division of the Administrative Services Department, the Police Department and the Planning and Development Department are hereby authorized to operate said funds in the following manner:
A. 
The Town Accountant shall account for all funds separately from all other monies of the Town and to which shall be credited only the departmental receipts received in connection with the programs supported by such revolving fund. Receipts credited to each of these revolving funds shall mean the following:
(1) 
For the Classroom Education Fund, Adult Social Day Fund and the Recreation Program Fund: program registration fees to participate in these programs.
(2) 
For the Shellfish Propagation Fund: fees generated from the sale of commercial and recreational shellfish permits.
(3) 
For the Building Inspections Fund: fees generated from permits issued on municipal projects over $500,000 and private projects over $3,000,000.
(4) 
For Consumer Protection Fund: fees generated for services performed under this program.
(5) 
For the Geographical Information Systems Fund: fees generated for the production of GIS maps and reports.
(6) 
For the Police Training Fund: fees generated for providing police training to police of other towns.
(7) 
For the Arts and Culture Program Fund: lease payments received from the rental of artist shanties gifts or contributions received for the support or promotion of arts and culture programs and any revenue generated from Town-sponsored arts and culture programming.
B. 
Expenditures may be made from such revolving funds without further appropriation, subject to the provisions of this article; provided, however, that expenditures shall not be made or liabilities incurred from any of the revolving funds in excess of the balance of the fund nor in excess of the total authorized expenditures from such fund. Expenditures from such revolving funds shall be at the approval of the Town Manager.
C. 
Interest earned on any revolving fund balance shall be treated as general fund revenue of the Town.
D. 
Expenditures from said fund shall not be made for the purpose of paying any wages or salaries for full-time employees unless the fringe benefits associated with such wages or salaries are also charged to the fund. Subject to the foregoing, the funds may be expended for payment of teachers, recreational instructors, police training instructors, shellfish propagation officers, building inspectors, weights and measures inspectors, and other expenses of programs providing classroom education to participating senior citizens, programs providing recreational activities to participating residents of the Town, shellfish seed stock and related shellfish propagation equipment, professional building inspection services, weights and measures enforcement, production of GIS reports and police training and expenses related to the promotion of arts and culture programs.
Annually, at the time the Town budget is submitted to the Town Council, the Town Manager shall submit an order to the Town Council authorizing the revolving funds set forth in § 86-7. The order shall contain the following:
A. 
The programs and purposes for which the revolving fund may be expended;
B. 
The department or officer authorized to expend from such fund;
C. 
The departmental receipts which shall be credited to the revolving fund; and
D. 
A limit on the total which may be expended from such fund in the ensuing year, subject further to limitations that may be established annually within the order.
At the end of each fiscal year, the Finance Director shall report to the Town Manager the total amount of receipts and expenditures of each revolving fund for the prior fiscal year. The program directors shall report to the Town Manager the programs, services and participants served by each of the programs. The Town Manager shall forthwith cause a report to be made to the Town Council, together with such other information, as the Town Council shall require.
At the close of a fiscal year in which a revolving fund is not reauthorized for the following year, or in which the Town changes the purposes for which money in a revolving fund may be spent in the following year, the balance in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall revert to surplus revenue unless the Town Council, upon the recommendation for a transfer from the Town Manager, votes to transfer such balance to another revolving fund.