1998/02/16 RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH HARNETT COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITIES FUND FOR SIMPLIFIED ACCOUNTING PURPOSESRESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH
HARNETT COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITIES FUND
FOR SIMPLIFIED ACCOUNTING PURPOSES
WHEREAS, there are eight County Water and Sewer Districts within the County
of Harnett including Buies Creek -Coats Water and Sewer District, East Central
Water and Sewer District, Northwest Water and Sewer District, Riverside Water and
Sewer District, South Central Water and Sewer District, Southeast Water and Sewer
District, Southwest Water and Sewer District, and West Central Water and Sewer
District; and
WHEREAS, each of the above -named Water and Sewer Districts which owns a
water distribution system or has plans to construct such a system has contracted
to purchase water from the County of Harnett; and
WHEREAS, each of the Water and Sewer Districts has contracted with the
County to operate and maintain the water distribution and /or sewer collection
system of the District, in addition to the operation and maintenance of
facilities owned by the County of Harnett;
WHEREAS, it has been recommended, after consultation with appropriate
agencies including the Local Government Commission of the State of North
Carolina, to consolidate accounting for the operation of the facilities owned,
operated, and maintained by the County of Harnett including the Water and Sewer
Districts; and
WHEREAS, such consolidation would result in a simplified accounting
procedure and a more efficient operation of such systems; and
WHEREAS, establishment of a "Harnett County Public Utilities Fund" would
accomplish such end; and
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WHEREAS, each Water and Sewer District shall remain a separate and viable
entity and the only change which will occur is the manner in which revenues and
expenditures are budgeted and allocated; and
WHEREAS, all debt owed by each District shall continue to be paid by that
District;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the County
of Harnett and by the Board of Commissioners sitting as the governing body of the
County Water and Sewer Districts named above, that:
1. A Fund be established entitled "Harnett County Public Utilities Fund"
for the purpose of consolidating accounting procedures for the various water and
sewer systems owned and operated by the County of Harnett, including the above-
named Water and Sewer Districts.
2. That the Harnett County Finance Department, together with the
assistance of the Department of Public Utilities, implement the procedures
necessary to accomplish the accounting consolidation.
Duly adopted this the 16th
Commissioner Joseph T. Bowden
and adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: 5
day of February, 1998, upon motion made by
seconded by Commissioner Beatrice B. Hill
Noes: 0
Absent: 0
Board of Commissioners of the
County of Harnett
By
Dan B. Andrews, Chairman of
the Board and of the governing
body of the above -named Water
and Sewer District of Harnett
County
ATTEST:
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Kay S.OBlanchard, Clerk to the
Board and to the above -named
Water and Sewer Districts of
Harnett County