Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same,
as follows:
SECTION 1.
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the
contrary, the city of Quincy may establish and maintain in the city treasury
a special fund to be known as the Public Works Enhancement Fund, into which
shall be deposited 50 per cent of the revenues received by the city of Quincy
from a lease with Quarry Hills Associates, Inc., as authorized by chapter 50
of the acts of 1994. The treasurer of the city of Quincy shall maintain the
fund as a separate account. Any interest earned on any fund balance shall be
credited to and become a part of the fund. The commissioner of public works
under the direction of the mayor shall use the funds for the sole purpose of
designing, repairing, maintaining and reconstructing the streets and sidewalks
of the city of Quincy and for the acquisition of any capital equipment
necessary to accomplish that purpose. Use of the funds shall be subject to the
following:-
(a) On or before March 1 of each year, the mayor shall submit to the city
council for its review a report of any and all design work, repairs,
maintenance, reconstruction and other street and sidewalk work performed with
funds from the Public Works Enhancement Fund for the proceeding calendar year,
and shall submit an updated pavement management plan for the present calendar
year construction season. Any expenditure from the Public Works Enhancement
Fund shall be in accordance with the pavement management plan.
(b) On or before March 1 of each year, the mayor shall submit to the city
council for its review a report of any kind and all capital equipment
expenditures from the Public Works Enhancement Fund for the preceding calendar
year, and shall submit a report of anticipated expenditures for the present
calendar year. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any and all
expenditures for the purchase of capital equipment in accordance with this act
shall be subject to appropriation by the mayor and a vote of the city council.
SECTION 2.
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the
contrary, the city of Quincy may establish and maintain in the city treasury a
special fund to be known as the Quarry Hills Oversight Fund, into which shall
be deposited 10 per cent of the revenues by the city of Quincy from a lease
with Quarry Hills Associates, Inc., as authorized by chapter 50 of the acts
of 1994. The fund shall be maintained by the treasurer of the city of Quincy
as a separate account. Any interest earned on any fund balance shall be
credited to and become a part of the fund. The mayor shall use the funds,
without further appropriation, for the sole purpose of overseeing the operation
of the Quarry Hills Recreational Complex as authorized by the lease described
in said chapter 50.
In furtherance of this section, the city of Quincy may enter contracts with
accountants, auditors, attorneys, engineers, environmental consultants and
other
professionals to insure compliance with applicable obligations of Quarry Hills
Associates, Inc. under the lease and other permit or regulatory obligations.
The city of Quincy may make supplemental appropriations to this fund in
furtherance of the objectives of the act.
The auditor of the city of Quincy shall forward to the mayor and the city
council a report of the fund including the receipts and disbursements within
90 days after the end of each fiscal year.
SECTION 3.
This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 6, 2004.