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- 7 - behalf of, and shall ~e responsible to, the Council. The Council may appropriate funds for the use of agency programs which it has received from any source, including member assessments, provided such appropriation is made in accordance with this Charter. 8. It is the desire of the membership of this C'ouncil 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 governmental 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 project. 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 tbe deficit pa~d by the participating member units.