CHAPTER IV
FINANCE
Section 14. LOCAL BUDGET LAW.
Budgets shall be made and approved in accordance with the local budget law of the state provided, however, supplemental budgets shall be approved by the county budget committee prior to public hearing on the same.
Section 14.5. LIBRARY SUPPORT.
The Board shall provide for the support and maintenance of the main library and library branches. [Amended November, 1992]
Section 14.6. COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL SUPPORT.
(1) The county shall provide full support and maintenance of all Animal Control field services and shelter operations.
(2) “Field Services” shall consist of the enforcement of all Oregon statutes relating to offenses against animals, and County Charter laws and County ordinances relating to licensing, domestic animal, poultry of livestock issues and all animal abuse or neglect investigations. These services shall include the trapping, pickup and disposal of all stray and abandoned animals, and they shall be available to meet citizen needs.
(3) “Shelter operations” shall include licensing, lost and found assistance, animal boarding in the main shelter, requirement of a strict responsible ownership contract for adoptions with no animals available for research or exploitation, active leadership for a humane educational program for adult and school-age county residents, and euthanasia services.
(4) Definitions shall follow ORS 167.310(1)(a)(c)&(d). {Amended November, 1994}
Section 14.7. COUNTY DEBT LIMITATION.
(1) The County shall not create any debt or liabilities which shall singly or in the aggregate, with previous debts or liabilities, exceed the sum of $5,000; provided however, the county may incur bonded indebtedness in excess of such $5,000 limitation to carry out purposes authorized by statute, such bonded indebtedness not to exceed limits fixed by statute and subject to procedures such as hearings and a majority vote of the people.
(2) The county shall not alter the sense, meaning, effect or substance of above statement (1) on debt limitation, nor shall the county insert words or interpretations or disregard the commonly accepted definitions of words.
(3) The people of Josephine County reserve to themselves the right of amendment that has the effect of altering the sense, meaning, effect or substance.
(4) The county shall pay off as expeditiously as possible all debts in the estimated aggregate sum of over $4,000,000 that were incurred prior to the filing of this amendment.
(5) The county shall revoke any county debt incurred after the date of the petitioner’s filing of this petition in the County Clerk’s office and prior to the collection of signatures.
[Amended March, 1993]
Section 15. OPERATING BUDGET AND CAPITAL PROGRAM PROJECTION.
The Board of County Commissioners shall be responsible for the preparation and presentation of a five year projection of the operating budget and capital program to accompany the proposed annual budget in its presentation to the county budget committee. This projection and the proposed budget shall be presented in a form which compares them to such projections made in the five years preceding the year of submission. The projection shall be considered as informational and not binding upon the future action of the Board.
Section 15.5. VOTER APPROVAL REQUIREMENT FOR CAPITAL PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS.
The Board shall not enter into any capital program or project agreement of any kind with any financial agent, agency or individual without prior approval of Josephine County voters at a regular election.
A capital program or project shall include, but not be limited to, real estate or construction projects, whether by the issuance of bonds or by lease purchase agreement or other type of agreement, and remodeling and furnishing.
If any section, portion, clause or phase of the ACT is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining sections, portions, clauses and phrases shall not be affected but shall remain in full force and effect, and to this end the provisions of this ACT are severable. [Amended September, 1993]