There is created a trust fund account to be known as the
Inmate Welfare Trust Fund.
There shall be deposited into this fund the net profits from the commissary operation
within the City's correctional facilities, which fund shall be used only for the overall
welfare of the inmates. Annually the Sheriff's Budget Officer shall estimate the net
profit from the operation of the inmate commissary which shall be the contribution
from the City's general fund g.s.d. to the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund. The contribution
to the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund shall be subject to review and appropriation by City
Council. Effective October 1, 2000, all profits from the operation of the commissary
will be deposited into the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund. Expenses involved in the commissary
operation including cost of goods sold, compensation for commissary employees and
expenses incurred by the Sheriff's Office may be paid from the profits of the commissary.
At the end of each fiscal year the Sheriff's Budget Officer shall calculate actual
net profits from the Commissary operation for the prior fiscal year and adjust/true
up the future contributions to the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund. The funds appropriated
in this trust fund shall be utilized and expended solely for the purposes established
by F.S. § 951.23, without further City Council action. An inmate welfare fund committee
shall recommend what expenditures are to be made. Activities of the committee shall
be reviewed by the officer in charge (Director of Corrections) who shall have the
final authority on expenditures. The Director of Finance and Administration is authorized
and directed to make disbursements from this account upon written requisition of the
Sheriff or his designee to be used only for those purposes outlined in F.S. § 951.23,
County and municipal detention facilities. Any unspent monies remaining in the fund
at the end of any fiscal year will not lapse but will carryover to the next fiscal
year.
