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The Council may appropriate funds for the use of agency programs which it has received from any source, including member assessments, provided such appriation is made in accordance with this Charter. 8. It is the desire of the membership of this Council to avoid duplication of governmental functions, particularly in the planning and development of future programs in areas of governmental responsibility, and to that end this Council is created, should function, and these powers are given. ITEM IX Financial: A. The general operating expenses of the Council shall be paid from funds paid to the Council by each member governmental unit. The annual contribution of each member govern- mental unit shall be based upon the duly adopted budget for such year and shall be assessed on the basis of the population (based upon the most recent U. S. Government census) within the bounds of each member governmental unit. No reduction or exception shall be made in instances where the population figures of two or more governmental units reflect an overlapping population. B. All expenditures of the Council for special projects of the Council or any committee thereof shall be paid from revenues paid in advance by the member governmental units directly involved in such project and paid especially for such special projects and from any other funds made available for such projects from any other source whatsoever. All such revenue shall be credited to a special revenue account and all expenditures charged to a special expenditure account so that an exact cost accounting may be made at the completion of any porject. In no case shall other general fund revenues be used to pay any special project costs. In the event advance payments made by member governmental units exceed or are less than the actual cost of a special project, the excess shall be refunded to and the deficit paid by the participating member units. C. The budget for the Council for each fiscal year and the assessment of each member shall be adopted by the affirmative vote of at least seventy-five (75%) per cent of the representatives present at a~eting at which a quorum was present, provided notice of such vote has been given in accordance with the By-laws, and provided further said notice is accompanied by a copy of the proposed budget and assessment. D. The budget for the Council and the assessment for each member governmental unit shall be adopted by the Council no later than April 15 of each year. Provided, the Council shall publish and deliver to the delegates a budget estimate, indicating each member governmental unit's estimated share thereof, on or before March 31 of each year, if the actual budget shall not have been adopted by that date. E. The budget, once adopted, may be amended by the affirmative vote of at least seventy-five (75%) per cent of the representatives present at a meeting at which a quorum was present, provided notice of such vote has been given in accordance with the By-laws, and provided, further, said notice shall state in detail the proposed terms of the amendment and the reasons therefor.