All that portion of the Oswego River within the bounds of said
city is hereby declared a public highway.
The provisions of law governing the establishment and maintenance
of pension funds for the benefit of members of the Police and Fire
Departments shall be unimpaired by this Charter.
Every officer named in this Charter, who has a certain salary
fixed by said act or for which provision is made for its being so
fixed, shall receive the same as full compensation for any and all
services rendered by him to the city or any department thereof. It
shall be a misdemeanor for any city officer to ask or demand or receive
for his own use or for the use of another to his benefit or advantage
any sum or sums, thing or things whatsoever as extra compensation
or reward for said services. All fees collected or received by any
such officer from any source arising out of or connected with his
said office shall be by him forthwith paid over to the City Chamberlain
for the use of the city. The Common Council and every department and
board of said city are hereby forbidden to grant any extra compensation
to any salaried officer, and it shall be a misdemeanor to grant or
attempt to grant the same or for the City Chamberlain to pay the same
if granted. Nothing in this section, however, shall be deemed to prohibit
the Common Council, and any board or department of the city with the
consent and approval of the Common Council expressly given by resolution
in each case, from reimbursing as authorized by § C3-15
of this Charter an officer or employee receiving a fixed salary for
the use of his or her automobile in the actual performance and discharge
of his or her official duties.
Accounts, claims and demands against said City of Oswego shall
be presented to the Common Council or the department incurring the
same for payment at least as often as quarter-yearly, on days to be
appointed by the Council or department, and when presented shall be
audited and paid without unreasonable delay; and such accounts, claims
and demands of every name and description, rising or accruing or which
shall be created during any fiscal year in said city shall be presented
for settlement and payment on or before the third Tuesday in December
in said year, and shall be audited and provision made for the payment
of all claims allowed from the taxes and income of said year before
the first day of January following, and no interest or costs shall
be recovered against the city in any suit brought to recover any such
account, claim or demand which has not been presented as aforesaid,
provided that said Council shall cause a notice to be published in
the official newspapers in said city once in each week for three (3)
weeks immediately preceding said third Tuesday in December that said
accounts, claim and demands are required to be presented as aforesaid.
The annual financial report of the City Clerk and of the various
boards and departments of said city shall, in addition to the statement
of receipts and expenditures of the various sum of money subject to
the control of said Common Council or of either of said boards or
departments, also contain a full and itemized statement of all known
claims and demands against said Common Council or the City of Oswego
or either of said department, outstanding and unpaid, whether such
claims is liquidated or unliquidated, duly verified by the oath of
the City Clerk for claims against the City of Oswego or the Common
Council, and by the President, Clerk or Secretary of the various departments.
[Amended 5-23-2011 by L.L. No. 2-2011]
No councilor, Mayor or other officer or employee of the city
shall act as agent or attorney for any person, company or corporation
in relation to any matter to be affected by the action of the Common
Council or any board, department or officer of the city. A violation
of this provision shall be cause for removal by the Mayor. It shall
be a misdemeanor to violate any of the provisions of this section.
Any person in the possession of any real estate in the City
of Oswego under and by virtue of a contract for the purchase thereof
may, in the discretion of the Common Council, be deemed and held as
the owner thereof for all the purposes of this Charter.
It shall be understood that all pronouns in this Charter are
generic in character and do not refer to one sex as contrasted with
another. Nothing in this Charter shall be construed to prevent or
discourage full and equal participation in the governance of the City
of Oswego by all citizens.