§ 2-2-255. Expenditures authorized.

It is the intent of this article that the funds generated by the dedicated millage shall be used to fund additional services and programs for abused, neglected, economically disadvantaged and at-risk children as provided in Resolution R-90-169, this article and as more specifically determined by subsequent proceedings of the county.

The dedicated millage may be expended for programs and services which may include but shall not be limited to the following purposes:

(1)

To provide and maintain in Manatee County such guidance, psychological, or psychiatric clinics for juveniles as the county determines are needed for the general welfare of Manatee County.

(2)

To provide for the care of dependent juveniles and to provide such other services for all juveniles as the county determines are needed for the general welfare of Manatee County.

(3)

To allocate and provide funds for agencies in Manatee County which are operated for the benefit of juveniles, provided they are not under the exclusive jurisdiction of the public school system.

(4)

To collect information and statistical data which will be helpful to the county in deciding the needs of juveniles and to develop techniques for monitoring the efficacy of funded programs and services including but not limited to the gathering of data, measuring outcomes, goal effectiveness, research.

(5)

To lease such real estate and lease or purchase such equipment and personal property as are needed to execute the foregoing programs and services.

(6)

To provide and maintain in Manatee County such programs and services directed toward developing, maintaining and restoring the integrity of the family where such programs and services are consistent with the scope and purpose of this article and Resolution R-90-169.

(7)

To provide prenatal care programs where such programs will serve to reduce the problems of potentially at-risk children.

(8)

To employ and pay, on a part-time or full-time basis, personnel needed to execute the foregoing programs and services.

(9)

To provide for administrative expenses limited to a children's services coordinator, children's services coordinator clerical support staff and operating supplies, directly related to tasks necessary to fulfill the scope and purposes of this article, in an amount not to exceed ten (10) per cent of the annual dedicated millage for that fiscal year, to be determined at the time of budget adoption.

Such children's services may be provided in accordance with the provisions of this article and such rules, policies and procedures as may be established by resolution of the county, which may include but shall not be limited to programs providing for grants to not-for-profit agencies for the reimbursement of expenditures for operational and overhead expenses for the creation, development and implementation of programs, grants to not-for-profit agencies or children based upon funding all or a portion of the cost of services rendered, the purchase of services or, where children's services can most economically and efficiently be provided by county, through the establishment of county-run programs.

(Ord. No. 91-42, § 5, 7-9-91; Ord. No. 97-30, § 1, 2-18-97)