[Adopted 5-21-1966 by Ord. No. 72-66
as Art. 115 of the 1966 Code]
[Amended 2-9-1971 by Ord. No. 157-71[1]]
The annual salary of the City Controller shall
be two thousand six hundred dollars ($2,600.), which shall be paid
in installments.
The City Treasurer, by virtue of his office,
shall be the collector of all the City taxes assessed or levied in
the City and shall perform the duties prescribed in and be subject
to the provisions of Sections 2501 through 2562 of the Third Class
City Code, as amended.[2] The City Treasurer shall be qualified and have the powers
and duties as prescribed in Sections 1401 through 1408 of the Third
Class City Code, as amended.[3]
[Amended 2-9-1971 by Ord. No. 158-71]
A.
The salary of the City Treasurer shall be two thousand
five hundred dollars ($2,500.) as compensation for the position of
City Treasurer.
B.
The salary as Collector of Taxes for the three (3)
taxing districts shall be fixed by the taxing bodies: i.e., the City
of Pottsville, the School District of Pottsville Area and the County
of Schuylkill.
The City Treasurer shall give lawful fidelity
bond to Pennsylvania for the use of the City of Pottsville, the County
of Schuylkill and the Pottsville School District, with a surety, by
a surety company authorized by law to act as surety, to be approved
by Council, which bond shall be conditioned as follows:
A.
As City Treasurer, he shall honestly and faithfully
discharge his official duties and keep and pay over all public moneys
entrusted to his care.
B.
As Tax Collector for the City, he shall account for
and pay over all moneys received by him as City taxes and account
for all City tax items contained in the City duplicates delivered
to him during his term of office which remain uncollected, as required
by law.
C.
As Tax Collector for the County of Schuylkill and
the Pottsville School District, he shall truly perform his duties
and pay over all taxes, penalties and interest collected to the respective
taxing authorities entitled thereto and account for the whole amount
of taxes charged and assessed in the duplicates which shall be delivered
to him by the taxing authorities of the county and the school district
during his term of office by payment over of all county and school
taxes collected, by showing exonerations, by the return of real estate
on which county and school taxes remain unpaid or by making out schedules
of county and school taxes uncollected upon his county and school
tax duplicates, as required by law.
The duties of the Delinquent Tax Collector shall
be to render and perform all work and services proper and reasonably
necessary for the collection of delinquent City taxes under the direction
and supervision of the City Treasurer.
[Added 4-11-1972 by Ord. No. 176-72]
