[Adopted 5-13-1970 as Sec. 2-8 of the 1970 Revised General Ordinances (Ch.
33 of the 1992 Code)]
A.
Borough Treasurer. Within the Department of Finance there shall be
a Division of the Treasury, the head of which shall be the Borough
Treasurer. The Collector, when so designated by the Mayor and Council,
shall be the Treasurer of the Borough. He shall serve for a term of
one year. The Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Council, may
appoint an Acting Treasurer, who shall exercise the powers and duties
of the Treasurer in his absence.
B.
Powers and duties of the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have, perform
and exercise all the functions, powers and duties provided by general
law and Borough ordinances. He shall keep and maintain books and records
of all financial transactions of the Borough in accordance with the
standards and requirements of the Division of Local Government in
the Department of the Treasury of the State of New Jersey. He shall
have custody of all public moneys of the Borough and shall make monthly
reports to the Council of all receipts, expenditures, commitments
and unexpended appropriations. All moneys received from any source
by or on behalf of the Borough or any department, board, office or
agency thereof, except as otherwise provided by Borough ordinance,
shall be paid to the Treasurer, who shall, by the next ensuing bank
day after their receipt, deposit them in the authorized public depository
of the Borough to the credit of the proper account.
C.
Disbursements. Disbursements in payment of bills and demands shall be made by the Treasurer upon preaudit and warrant of the Director of the Department of Finance, approved by the Council, except that payments from the payroll account shall be made pursuant to Subsection D below. Each warrant shall be in the form of a warrant check payable to the order of the person entitled to receive it and shall specify the purpose for which it is drawn and the account or appropriation to which it is chargeable. Each warrant check shall bear the signatures of the Mayor or Acting Mayor, the Treasurer or Acting Treasurer and the Clerk.
D.
Payroll account. There shall be an account to be designated the "Borough
of Wallington Payroll Account," and from time to time the Treasurer,
upon receipt of a warrant or an amount due such payroll account, shall
deposit the same to the credit of the payroll account, charging the
appropriate budgetary accounts therewith. Disbursement from the payroll
account may be made by payroll checks signed by the Treasurer or someone
authorized by the Council to act in the Treasurer's stead and the
Clerk, upon preaudit and warrant of the Director of the Department
of Finance and approval by the Council of the entire payroll. In case
of error or adjustment in the payroll, the Treasurer shall make proper
correction and appropriate record of such correction.
E.
Travel expenses. Itemized claims supported by receipts, where available,
shall be presented in order to obtain reimbursement for expenses incurred
by local officials where authorized to travel by the Borough. Travel
expenses shall be reimbursed only in accordance with travel regulations
of the Borough.
[Amended 4-24-1975 by Ord. No. 75-8]
Within the Department of Finance there shall be a Division of
Tax Collection, the head of which shall be the Borough Tax Collector.
The Mayor and Council may appoint a Deputy Tax Collector for a term
of one year. The duties of a Deputy Tax Collector shall be the same
as those of the Tax Collector, subject to the Tax Collector's supervision
and direction. The office of the Tax Collector shall be open from
Monday through Friday of every week from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon
and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. It shall be open on Monday evening
of each week between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Within the Department of Finance there shall be a Division of
Tax Assessments, the head of which shall be the Borough Tax Assessor.
The Assessor shall:
A.
Have, perform and discharge all the functions, powers and duties
prescribed by law for a municipal assessor.
B.
Maintain adequate assessment records of each separate parcel of real
property assessed or exempted.
C.
Maintain a current tax map of the Borough as a public record and
cause to be recorded thereon all changes in ownership or character
of the real property assessed, employing for that purpose the facilities
of other departments as provided by the Code.
