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Bitou By-law on Municipal Land Use Planning 2015

To regulate and control municipal land use planning.

Policies 2018 - 2019

BITOU REVISED PLACEMENT POLICY

BITOU WORKING HOURS POLICY

DRAFT POLICY FOR THE MAYOR'S SPECIAL FUND IN TERMS OF SECTION 12 OF THE MFMA

The Mayor receives regular request for grants, donations and financial assistance. A special fund has been created by Bitou Municipality and subject to the guidelines set out below, the Executive Mayor is authorized to decide on the use of the Fund for grants to such exceptional beneficiaries. (According to MFMA Chapter 7 Section: 52 The Mayor of the Municipality (a) Must provide general political guidance over the fiscal and financial affairs of the Municipality and Section: 53 The Mayor of the Municipality must (a) Provide general political guidance over the budget and the priorities that must guide the preparation of the budget).

The Mayor’s special fund should improve the opportunity for the Municipality to elicit the support of external organization to deliver those services to communities which fall within the Municipality’s geographical area of jurisdiction in a way that allows the Municipality to increase an enabling environment for community development.

1. The Mayors special fund should provide an enabling environment for external organizations to perform and enter into meaningful partnerships with the Municipality to meet the objectives of community development and to assist victims.
2. The Mayors Special fund should not duplicate operations already provided in Council or within the jurisdiction of the Municipality.
3. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
   1. The Mayor’s Special Fund must comply with the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act (56/2003) in General and Section 12 specifically which permits the establishment of a “relief, charitable, trust or other fund” in the name of Bitou.
   2. Bitou Municipality may open a separate bank account and any money received for the purpose of the fund must be paid into the fund.
   3. Money paid into the separate bank account may be withdrawn from the account without appropriation in terms of a Council approved budget, but only by or on the written authority of the accounting officer acting in accordance with the decisions of the council and for the purpose the fund was established for.

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