Sec. 117.106. - Restrictions.

(a) This Chapter shall be construed only as an authorization to apply for grants and, if the grants are made, as an authorization to execute necessary documents and maintain and furnish required records. Appropriation of grants and grant-related funds, changes in authorized employee positions and similar matters shall be accomplished by ordinance subsequently enacted; and no funds arising or derived from the grants shall be expended, nor any required personnel employed, until and unless authority therefor is given by the Council. (b) All ordinances appropriating matching funds for any grant shall contain a clause providing for the reversion of all unused matching funds to their accounts of origin. In the absence of such a reversion clause, all unused matching funds shall automatically revert to their accounts of origin. (c) In the event grant funds must be reimbursed to a grantor agency, or budgeted grants do not materialize, the applicant department or agency budget shall be charged for and reduced by the amount of the grant reimbursement or shortfall. The department or agency expenditure budget shall be adjusted internally to reduce expenses by the amount of the revenue shortfall. (Ord. 84-1281-764, § 1; Ord. 2011-405-E, § 10.5)