The office of elected Borough Auditor is abolished.
The accounts, records and other evidences of the funds, accounts
and financial transactions of the Borough and the departments and
officers of the Borough (including such funds and accounts as the
Police Pension Fund, the Lewistown Wastewater Treatment Plant Account
and Capital Reserve Fund, the Wastewater Sewer Collection Service
Account, the Refuse Collection Service Account, and the like) shall
be audited annually, as soon as may be reasonably practicable after
the close of the calendar year, by an independent auditor who shall
be a certified public accountant or a firm of certified public accountants
registered in Pennsylvania.
The independent auditor shall be appointed and the compensation
of the auditor shall be fixed annually by a resolution adopted by
Council before the close of the calendar year for which the audit
is to be conducted.
In addition to the duties prescribed by §
5-4, the duties of the independent auditor shall be those prescribed by, and the powers of the independent auditor shall be those granted by, 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 1059.11 of the Borough Code.