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` 2/1(reso\annua1)Bk/jb RESOLUTION NO. 2001- 012 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, SETTING YEAR-END GUIDELINES FOR FINANCIAL REPORTING AND PAYMENT BY COUNTY OFFICERS. WHEREAS, Section 218.36(1), Florida Statutes (2000), requires each county officer to submit an annual report of his or her fees, commissions, and remunerations, to the board of county commissioners within 31 days of the close of his or her fiscal year; and WHEREAS, Section 218.36(2), Florida Statutes (2000), requires each county officer to pay into the county general fund all money in excess of the sum to which he or she is entitled under chapter 145 on or before the date for filing the annual report; and WHEREAS, Section 218.36(3), Florida Statutes (2000), requires the board of county commissioners to notify the governor on the thirty-second day following the close of the fiscal year of the failure of a county officer to comply with the provisions of Section 218.36; and WHEREAS, there are times when, on or before the close of the fiscal year, due to disbursement schedules, a county officer is not in actual possession of grant money which has been approved and to which he or she is entitled; and WHEREAS, sound accounting principles recognize that accounts receivable in a fiscal year may not be received until after the close of the fiscal year, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, as follows: A county officer who, on or before the close of the fiscal year, due to disbursement schedules, is not in actual possession of grant money which has been approved and to which he or she is entitled, shall include such grant money in his or her report to the Board of County Commissioners in the fiscal year in which such grant is approved, showing documentation thereof, and shall pay into the county general fund any amount due pursuant to Section 218.36(2), Florida Statutes (2000), within thirty (30) days following the close of the fiscal year. In the event such county officer does not receive such funds within thirty (30) days following the close of the fiscal year such county officer shall nevertheless submit the annual report to the Board of County Commissioners before the thirty-first day following the close of the fiscal year. Included with the report shall be a statement of any funds not received by that date and a statement that such officer will submit those monies not more than seven (7) working days from the date of receipt of those monies.