The City Treasurer shall be the custodian of all the property
and moneys which the City shall take by gift, bequest or devise, as
provided in § C1-2 of this Charter, and all moneys which
the City shall receive from any source whatever, and all moneys set
apart by this Charter, or by any act or resolution of the Board of
Estimate and Apportionment, or by any act or resolution of the Common
Council for any board, commission or officer. He shall open and keep
a separate account with each of the same and hold the same as City
Treasurer, to be disposed of as herein provided. The City Treasurer
shall also serve as a member of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment,
and perform such other duties as are herein provided.
The City Treasurer shall deposit all moneys held by him as City
Treasurer in such bank or trust company as shall be designated by
the Common Council as City depository, and he shall temporarily invest
moneys not required for immediate expenditure, except proceeds of
loans and moneys the investment of which is otherwise provided for
by law, in obligations of the United States of America or in obligations
of the State of New York subject to all the conditions set forth in
§ 11 of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York.
It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to collect and receive
all moneys belonging to the City, and all rentals due upon any leases
of City property for any purpose, including all leases in existence
at the time this Charter takes effect and all leases which may thereafter
be made by the Common Council, as provided by § C12-24 of
this Charter.
The City Treasurer shall pay claims against the City and all
boards, commissions and departments thereof, for salaries, wages and
principal and interest of bonds and certificates of indebtedness,
out of the moneys appropriated for such purposes, upon drafts signed
by the Mayor or President of the Common Council and countersigned
by the City Clerk, without prior audit. The City Treasurer shall pay
other claims against the City and the boards, commissions and departments
thereof out of moneys appropriated therefor upon drafts signed by
the Mayor or President of the Common Council and countersigned by
the City Clerk, after the same have been duly audited and allowed
by the respective boards, commissions and departments. The City Treasurer
shall prepare and furnish uniform forms of drafts to be used for the
purposes herein provided and no other form of draft shall be used
for the purpose of drawing moneys from the City treasury. Such drafts
shall be numbered consecutively and be provided with stubs and be
bound in book form. The stubs thereof shall be filled in with the
date, amount, purpose and payee named in the draft and shall be preserved
in the office of the City Treasurer.
The City Treasurer shall receive any and all funds given or
bequeathed to the City of Hudson, the principal or interest of which
is to be used in the care and maintenance of any individual cemetery
lot or plot, or in the general care of the cemeteries of the City,
as now established, or which may hereafter be established, and he
shall issue to the donor or his legal representatives a certificate
of indebtedness on the part of the City of Hudson to said donor or
his legal representatives conditioned for the faithful application
by said City of the principal or interest as may be designated by
the donor of any such fund or funds, in caring for and maintaining
such individual cemetery lot or plot or in the general care of the
cemeteries, as the case may be; and further conditioned that, if said
fund shall be faithfully applied by the City to the purposes for which
it is donated, the City shall not be liable to repay the same; and
that otherwise the City shall repay the same on demand but without
interest; if only the interest on such fund or funds is to be expended
for the purpose aforesaid, said certificate of indebtedness shall
be further conditioned that the City of Hudson will guarantee 1 1/2%
per annum perpetually on the fund or funds so given to it in trust,
from the time of the receipt of the same by the City, and will pay
over the entire income therefrom at least once in each year to the
Department of Cemeteries of the City, to be by it used and expended
in a manner directed by the donor, and not inconsistent with the provisions
of this Charter; and further conditioned that the City of Hudson shall
be forever free from any liability for or on account of the principal
of said fund or funds or for the interest thereon, except as herein
provided; and further conditioned that said fund or funds are taken
by the City as a perpetual trust, and may be invested and reinvested
by it in such securities as the savings banks of this state are by
law permitted to invest in; and further conditioned that if, after
caring for and maintaining such individual lots or plots, there shall
be a surplus of such entire income remaining, the Department of Cemeteries
may in its discretion use such surplus or any part thereof in the
general care of the cemeteries of the City, or may direct the City
Treasurer to add such surplus or any part thereof to the principal
of such trust fund, and the amount so added shall thereupon become
a part of such perpetual trust.
The Treasurer shall make a summary report to the Common Council
at each monthly meeting thereof of all receipts and disbursements
had or made subsequent to his last report, and on what account and
from what funds, specifying the respective balances, subject to resolution
of the Common Council, or to the drafts of the several officers, commissions
or boards; the first item on each such report shall be the total amount
of previous audit made within the year chargeable to the particular
account reported upon. On the 30th day of June in each year he shall
file with the City Clerk, who shall forthwith present the same to
the Common Council, an itemized account of all his receipts and disbursements
since the date of his last annual report and a statement of the financial
condition of the City. When such report shall have been examined and
certified as correct by the Common Council, the vouchers relating
thereto shall be filed with the City Clerk and be by him preserved
as part of the City records for at least six years.
The City Treasurer shall enter daily in suitable books all sums
of money received by him for taxes or other public purposes, with
the names of the persons or corporations by or on whose account the
same shall be paid, and the ward for which such taxes are received.
He shall also enter in a column in the assessment rolls in his possession,
opposite the names of the persons or corporations who shall have paid
their taxes or assessments, the fact of payment, the amount and date
thereof. He shall keep a record of the names and respective post-office
addresses of all persons who shall pay taxes for nonresidents of said
City, and of the post office addresses of such nonresidents, so far
as he can ascertain the same.
If the Treasurer shall be guilty of any default or neglect in
the performance of any of his duties, the Mayor shall at once cause
an action to be brought against him and his surety upon his official
bond to recover any amount that may be due to the City of Hudson,
in the name of the City of Hudson and without further proceedings
prior to the commencement of such action.
The City Treasurer may appoint a competent person as Clerk,
and may remove such Clerk for cause. The Clerk shall perform such
duties as the City Treasurer may direct, and shall, before assuming
office, execute a bond to the City in such sum as the Common Council
may prescribe, and shall receive such compensation as the Common Council
shall determine.
The City Treasurer may appoint a competent person Assistant
City Treasurer, and may remove such Assistant City Treasurer at pleasure.
The Assistant City Treasurer shall perform such duties as the City
Treasurer may direct. When the City Treasurer shall be absent from
his office, or shall be incapable of performing the duties thereof,
or when the office of City Treasurer shall be vacant, the Assistant
City Treasurer shall possess all the powers and perform all the duties
of the City Treasurer. The Assistant City Treasurer shall, before
assuming his office, execute a bond to the City in such sum as the
Common Council may prescribe.
[Added 5-31-2000 by L.L. No. 5-2000]
It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to enforce the collection
of tax liens on real property in the City of Hudson.
