Bonus bucks — the money paid by developers to assure sewer capacity certainty over multiple years — is being tapped to support Manteca’s efforts to address homeless issues.The budget adopted Tuesday by the Manteca City Council for the fiscal year starting July 1 includes $25,000 to support community resource officer (CRO) efforts dealing with the homeless.In the past year when CRO Mike Kelly has been able to broker an agreement for families from out of the area or state to take a homeless relative into their homes and off Manteca streets, he has had to scramble to find a non-profit, church or even a business willing to cover the cost of a bus or airline ticket.Mayor Steve DeBrum said the $25,000 fund could be tapped for such purposes. But before any money is spent, he’d like to see Police Chief Jodie Estarziau and Fire Chief Kyle Shipherd come up with guidelines of how the money could be used.The mayor said one example might be to provide housing for several days for displaced fire victims augmenting other resources such as the Red Cross in a bid to prevent them from becoming homeless while looking for replacement housing.The bonus bucks come with no restrictions on how they can be spent. And since they are not a tax or a fee they can be used on things that might be legally construed as a gift of public money if they help someone with temporary housing or to travel to relatives willing to take them in off the streets.The budget also calls for $125,000 in bonus bucks to repair and modernize the elevator at the golf course clubhouse as well as $60,000 to upgrade the Spreckels Park BMX track.