[CC 1997 §2-31; Ord. No. 133 §1, 6-12-1950]
There shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the consent and
approval of the majority of the members of the Board of Aldermen,
at its first (1st) regular session after the general City election,
or as soon thereafter as possible, some suitable person as City Treasurer
who shall hold his/her office for the term of one (1) year and until
his/her successor shall be appointed and be qualified.
[CC 1997 §2-32; Ord. No. 133 §2, 6-12-1950]
No person shall be appointed for the office of City Treasurer
unless he/she shall have attained the age of twenty-one (21), is a
citizen of the United States, and a resident and inhabitant of the
City for at least one (1) year next preceding his/her appointment,
and is a qualified voter in the City.
[CC 1997 §2-33; Ord. No. 133 §3, 6-12-1950]
It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to receive and safely
keep all money, warrants, books, bonds and obligations entrusted to
his/her care and shall pay over all money, bonds or other obligations
of the City on warrants or orders duly drawn, passed or ordered by
the Board of Aldermen and signed by the Mayor and attested by the
City Clerk and having the Seal of the City affixed thereto and not
otherwise; and shall perform such other duties as may be required
of him/her by this Code or other ordinance.
[CC 1997 §2-34; Ord. No. 133 §4, 6-12-1950]
No money shall be paid out of the Treasury except on a warrant
signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk. No warrant shall
be drawn upon the Treasurer, nor shall any ordinance appropriating
money be passed, unless there is an unexpended balance to the credit
of the City in the fund in the Treasury upon which such warrant is
drawn to meet such warrant or a sufficient sum of unappropriated money
in the fund in the Treasury upon which such warrant is drawn to meet
such ordinance. Every bill that contemplates the payment of money
shall, upon its second (2nd) reading, be referred to the City Treasurer
for his/her endorsement to the effect that a sufficient sum stands
to the credit of the City, unappropriated, in the fund covered by
such ordinance to meet the requirements of such bill.
[CC 1997 §2-35; Ord. No. 133 §6, 6-12-1950]
The City Treasurer shall procure and keep a well-bound book
in which he/she shall make an entry of all warrants presented to him/her
for payment, which shall have been legally drawn for money, stating
correctly the date, amount, number, in whose favor drawn and the date
the same was presented; and all warrants so presented shall be paid
in the order in which they shall be presented for payment. The City
Treasurer shall not refuse the payment of any warrant legally drawn
upon him/her and presented for payment, for the reason that warrants
of prior presentation have not been paid, when there shall be money
in the Treasury sufficient to pay such prior warrants and any such
warrants so presented; the City Treasurer shall, as he/she shall receive
money into the Treasury, set the same apart for the payment of warrants
previously presented and in the order presented, so that no warrant
of subsequent presentation shall remain unpaid, by reason of the holder
of the same failing to present such warrants for payment, after funds
shall have accrued in the Treasury for the payment of the same.
[CC 1997 §2-38; Ord. No. 133 §9, 6-12-1950]
The City Treasurer shall file all warrants on the Treasury,
make a register of the number and date thereof, the name of the person
in whose favor drawn and the amount of each and he/she shall make
duplicate receipts in favor of the proper person for all money paid
into the Treasury, one (1) of which shall be delivered to the person
entitled thereto and the other he/she shall file with the City Clerk
or the Board of Aldermen; and the City Treasurer shall keep the books,
papers and money pertaining to his/her office at all times open to
inspection of the Board of Aldermen or any member thereof and as often
and in such manner as may be required by the Board, he/she shall furnish
an account of the receipts and expenditures of the City.
[CC 1997 §2-39; Ord. No. 133 §10, 6-12-1950]
The City Treasurer shall, at least once in every year, settle
his/her accounts with the Board of Aldermen and if he/she resigns
or is removed from office, he/she or if he/she dies his/her executor
or administrator, shall immediately make such settlement and deliver
to his/her successor in office all things pertaining thereto, together
with all money belonging to the City; and at the close of every term
for which the City Treasurer shall have been elected or appointed,
the Board of Aldermen shall immediately proceed to ascertain, by actual
examination and count, the amount of balances and funds in the hands
of the City Treasurer to be accounted for.
[CC 1997 §2-40; Ord. No. 133 §11, 6-12-1950; Ord. No. 917, 7-22-2022]
Before entering upon the duties of his/her office, the City
Treasurer shall take the oath required of other City Officers and
shall file a good and sufficient bond in the sum of fifty thousand
dollars ($50,000.00) to be approved by the Mayor.
[CC 1997 §2-41; Ord. No. 133 §5, 6-12-1950]
The City Treasurer shall report to the Board of Aldermen on
or before the first (1st) day of July in each year the amount of receipts
and expenditures of the Treasury, the amount of money on hand and
the amount of bonds falling due, if any, for the redemption of which
provision must be made; also, the amount of interest to be paid during
the next fiscal year. He/she shall also perform such other duties
in the line of his/her office as may be required of him/her from time
to time by the Board. He/she shall furnish any other reports and information
concerning the finances of the City as the Mayor or Board of Aldermen
shall from time to time require.
