§ 8.7-34. Use of emergency medical system impact fees.

A.

The board has established a separate trust account for the emergency medical system impact fees, to be designated as the emergency medical system impact fee trust account which shall be maintained separate and apart from all other accounts of the county. All emergency medical system impact fees shall be deposited into such trust fund immediately upon receipt.

B.

The monies deposited into the emergency medical system impact fee trust account shall be used solely for the purpose of providing growth-necessitated capital improvements to the county's emergency medical system, including, but not limited to:

1.

Design and construction plan preparation;

2.

Any permitting or application fees necessary for the construction;

3.

Site development and on-site and off-site improvements incidental to the construction thereto;

4.

Land acquisition, including any costs of acquisition or condemnation;

5.

Construction and design of emergency medical system facilities;

6.

Design and construction of new drainage facilities required by the construction of emergency medical system facilities or improvements thereto;

7.

Relocating utilities required by the construction of emergency medical system facilities or improvements or additions thereto;

8.

Landscaping;

9.

Construction management and inspection;

10.

Surveying, soils and materials testing;

11.

Acquisition of capital equipment for the emergency medical system;

12.

Repayment of monies transferred or borrowed from any budgetary fund of the county which were used to fund growth-necessitated improvements and additions to the emergency medical system;

13.

Costs related to the administration, collection and implementation of the emergency medical system impact fee;

14.

Payment of principal and interest, necessary reserves and costs of issuance under any bonds or other indebtedness issued by the county to fund growth-necessitated improvements and additions to the emergency medical system; and

15.

Fees for professional services, including but not limited to architecture, engineering, surveying, landscaping, soils and materials testing, legal, appraisals, and construction management.

C.

Funds on deposit in the emergency medical system impact fee trust account shall not be used for any expenditure that would be classified as a maintenance or repair expense.

D.

A report will be prepared annually by the county reflecting the collection and expenditures of the emergency medical system impact fees by the county during the previous year.

E.

Any funds on deposit which are not immediately necessary for expenditure shall be invested by the county. All income derived from such investments shall be deposited in the emergency medical system impact fee trust account and used as provided herein.

(Ord. No. 18-048, § III(3.04), 7-24-18)