CC RES 02-034 A RESOLUTION RELATING TO AN AMENDMENT TO THE JOINT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE MISSISSIPPI WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION (MWMO)

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Commission meeting. All WMO capital improvement project proposals for subsequent fiscal year(s)must • be submitted to WMO staff before May I"of the extant budget year. By the August Commission meeting within this extant budget year,presentation of this proposed capital budget will be submitted to the Commissioners. Subdivision 8: Funding for any and all capital improvement projects may only occur if the project(s) is in the approved capital budget. Subdivision 9: Beginning with the year the Watershed Management Plan is adopted, the Commission shall submit,by June 1, a draft capital budget to the clerk of Member's Council for their review. The Council of each Member may review and comment on the budget. The Commission shall upon notice from any Member received prior to August 1, hear objections to the budget. Such notice shall be written to the Commission's Secretary and delivered by certified mail to their principal business address. The Commission, upon notice delivered by US Mail to all Members and after a hearing, may modify or amend the budget. The MMRWMO Commission shall hold a public hearing in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 103B and 103D on the proposed capital budget. On or before September 15 of each year, the Commissioners shall adopt a capital budget for the next year and decide on the total amount to be raised from ad valorem tax levies. By the September 15 of each year the budget shall be certified by the Secretary of the Commission to the County, Counties or the clerk or appropriate staff member of each Member's Council together with a statement of the proportion of the budget to be provided. Subdivision 10: If the Organization is responsible for the planning, design, acquisition,relocation, or construction of an approved capital project on behalf of a Member, each Member having a financial obligation therefore, shall also provide to the Organization the funds required by the budget from that member on or before February 1. If the Member is responsible for the completion of the capital project, the Organization's approved share of the project cost coming from its tax levy will be reimbursed to the member from actual tax revenues received in a manner agreed to. The Member being reimbursed for project costs by the Organization shall agree to be responsible for providing any requested documentation of costs requested by the Organization or its auditors. • Subdivision 11: Projects will be funded in the watershed on the basis of potential merit to all the Members and according to the criteria established in the MWMO Watershed Management Plan. Annually a review 14