Vote: approved

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63. WAIVER TO DONATION POLICY A2508 FOR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT Approve a waiver for the Parks and Recreation Department (300) to section C.2 of Policy A2508 Policy for receiving Donations, requiring a monthly report of donated funds to the Board of Supervisors for FY 2013-2014. According to section C.3 the Parks & Recreation department maintains a segregated Donation Fund approved annually by the Board during the budget cycle and therefore requests a waiver to the monthly reporting policy. Per policy A2508, C.3. “Any Department that maintains a budgeted Donation fund may request an annual waiver to this policy utilizing the Board of Supervisors agenda process.” Parks and Recreation Department (300) maintains fund (243)-Donations, strictly for the receipt of funds gifted to Parks & Recreation. Public donations are used to support a variety of programs and services such as the desert fauna maintained for educational purposes, as well as supporting special events in the Parks for visitors. Donations received from development fees are used for major maintenance projects or towards capital improvement projects. By August 1, 2014 Parks & Recreation will provide an annual report of all donations accepted during FY 2013-14 to the Board of Supervisors, the Clerk of the Board, Internal Audit and OMB. (C-30-14-006-D-00)