216.1.1 CREATED; ADMINISTRATION.
There is hereby established a Secret Service Account to be administered by the Chief of Police of the City.
216.1.2 PURPOSE.
a) The secret service account is established for the purpose of paying expenses incurred by the Chief of Police in the detection or prevention of crime within the City, and in criminal cases arising within the City in which the people of the City or of the State are interested.
b) The Chief of Police shall not disburse or permit any of the funds from said account to be used for augmenting the salary or allowance of any member of the Police Department for personal services, or for the purchase of any materials, supplies or equipment for the general use of the Police Department.
216.2.1 APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS.
(Amended by O-1691; O-2157; O-2746)
a) The City Council may appropriate funds annually, or more often, to the Secret Service Account, such appropriation not to exceed the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) in any one fiscal year.
b) All appropriations made to the Chief of Police for secret service work shall be placed to the credit of said account and no expenditures shall be made hereunder except from funds appropriated therefor.
216.2.2 USE OF FUNDS.
The Chief of Police may expend funds from the Secret Service Account in securing the opinion of handwriting experts, ballistic experts, other experts in police science, special investigators, persons furnishing special information, and for any other purpose reasonably related to the purpose set forth in Sec. 216.1.2.
216.2.3 ACCOUNTING TO DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
a) At least once a month the Chief of Police shall submit to the Director of Finance an account itemized in reasonable detail showing amounts and general purposes for which the funds so paid to him were expended.
216.2.4 REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL.
At least once each fiscal year, the City Manager shall submit to the City Council a report showing the amounts and general purposes for which the funds in the Secret Service Account were expended.
216.2.5 EXPENDITURES CONFIDENTIAL.
a) When, in the opinion of the Chief of Police, the public interest would suffer by the disclosure of the name of any person to whom any sum or sums were paid or advanced, or the investigation or cause for which the same was expended or advanced, he shall not be required to disclose such name, investigation or cause.
b) For accounting purposes, the Chief of Police may indicate such name or police operation by an appropriate code or symbol. Upon request of the City Manager, the Chief of Police shall disclose to the City Manager such name, investigation or cause; and any disclosures made as required hereunder shall be maintained confidential by the City Manager, except where such disclosure reveals illegal use of such funds, or illegal use of any City funds, or malfeasance in relation thereto.
216.2.6 MANNER OF DRAWING FUNDS.
(Amended by O-1691; O-2746)
a) The Chief of Police may prepare demands against the Secret Service Account, payable to himself as Chief of Police, and upon receipt of said monies, shall thereafter safely keep and expend them for secret service purposes.
b) The cash balance on hand in said account in the possession of the Chief of Police shall not exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500) at any one time.
c) In drawing such demands, it shall be sufficient to designate the purpose therefor as "For Secret Service." The Director of Finance may audit any such demands, and the City Treasurer may pay the same without further specifications as to object.
216.2.7 PAYMENT OF DEMANDS.
No warrant shall be issued in payment of such demand until the Chief of Police shall first have accounted as required herein for all amounts previously advanced to him.
216.2.8 SERVICES NOT WITHIN CLASSIFIED SERVICE.
No person paid by the Chief of Police from the Secret Service Account for any services rendered under this Article, shall be deemed to be an employee of the City for any purpose.
216.2.9 DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.
The Chief of Police, City Manager and the Director of Finance may delegate any of the powers and duties conferred on them by this Article to any officer or employee of the City, but in such event the Chief of Police, City Manager and Director of Finance, as the case may be, shall remain responsible for the proper performance thereof.