[Code 1991, § 2-156]
The office of the City Treasurer shall be located at such place, and his office shall be open for business, on such days and for such hours as the City Council may prescribe. The City Treasurer shall post conspicuously on his office door a sign to be furnished by the City Manager stating such office hours.
[Code 1991, § 2-157]
A. 
The treasurer shall demand, receive, and collect all monies due the City, from all sources whatsoever, including levies on real estate and personal property, licenses, water charges, sewer charges, and assessments of all kinds. He shall collect from the clerk of the general district court of the City all fines, fees, forfeitures, and penalties imposed by the general district court of the City, and he shall collect from the clerk of the circuit court of the City all fines, fees, forfeitures, and penalties imposed by such court. All monies so received by the treasurer shall be deposited by him daily in one of the banks of the City to the credit of the City.
B. 
[1]The treasurer shall receive from the Commissioner of the Revenue all City business and occupational licenses, and shall receive from the City Manager all bills for water charges, sewer charges, garbage charges and such other charges as it is his duty to collect as provided in this division. The treasurer shall be fully responsible and liable for all unpaid bills until paid or until relieved by the City Council from the duty to collect such bills.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B, which required that the Treasurer advertise the tax due date at least three times a week for two consecutive weeks after preparation of the bills, was repealed 10-25-2022 by Ord. No. 22-26. Said ordinance also redesignated former Subsections C through F as Subsections B through E, respectively.
C. 
The City Treasurer shall keep in his office full and correct accounts of the monies received and distributed by him, and of all delinquent bills owing the City and which are collectable by him. The books shall be and remain the property of the City and be turned over to his successor in office by the City Treasurer.
D. 
When the City Treasurer has knowledge that the City is or is likely to become indebted to any person owing money to the City, the City Treasurer shall notify the City Manager of the fact.
E. 
The City Treasurer shall faithfully perform all the duties imposed upon him by the Charter and all other duties imposed upon him, or that may be imposed upon him, by ordinances of the City Council.
[Code 1991, § 2-158]
The treasurer shall keep in one or more books, to be provided for that purpose by the City Manager, a true and faithful account of all monies received by him for the use of the City, and of the manner in which such monies have been received. Immediately after the close of each fiscal year, and oftener, if required, he shall report to the City Manager and the City Council an account of all his receipts and disbursements.
[Code 1991, § 2-159]
A. 
On October 1 in every year, the levies assessed on the books of the Commissioner of the Revenue shall become due. The City Treasurer shall collect the annual levy on real estate, which is due and payable in two equal installments each for one-half of the total levy. The first installment shall be due and payable on or before and shall be delinquent after November 15, and the second installment shall be due and payable on or before and shall be delinquent after May 15. Any payment tendered for the tax on a parcel of real estate shall be applied to the oldest unpaid bill on hand for that parcel of real estate.
B. 
The City Treasurer shall collect the annual levy on personal property, which is due and payable in two equal installments each for one-half of the total levy. The first installment shall be due and payable on or before and shall be delinquent after May 15, and the second installment shall be due and payable on or before and shall be delinquent after November 15.
[Code 1991, § 2-161]
All monies to be paid by the City shall be paid by the treasurer out of monies of the City deposited in a bank within the City, and shall be by check, wire, or other electronic payment method, in payment of a voucher issued to him and signed by the City Manager or by such alternate as the City Manager may designate, and presented to the treasurer for payment.
[Code 1991, § 2-162]
A. 
The treasurer shall pay out the money of the City which shall have been appropriated by the City Council, upon orders as follows:
(1) 
All salaries of City officers as created by the statutes of the state or ordinances of the City, all wages of employees, and the compensation of jurors, grand and petit, upon warrants issued and signed therefor by the City Manager or by such alternate as the City Manager may designate.
(2) 
The interest and principal of the debt of the City, and all expenses of the City authorized by ordinance or resolution thereof, and all other bills of the City, upon warrants to be issued and signed by the City Manager or by such alternate as the City Manager may designate.
B. 
He shall pay to himself as treasurer of the City Board of Social Services such amount as is appropriated for welfare purposes, upon warrants issued and signed by the City Manager or by such alternate as the City Manager may designate.
C. 
He shall pay to himself as treasurer of the School Board such amount as is appropriated for school purposes, upon warrants issued and signed therefor by the City Manager or by such alternate as the City Manager may designate.
D. 
The designation by the City Manager of an alternate, as set forth in this section and in § 2-196, shall be in writing and signed by the City Manager, and shall be delivered to the treasurer.
[Code 1991, § 2-163]
The treasurer shall not pay any money to any person who the treasurer knows, or has notice, is indebted to the City. The treasurer paying such warrants may first deduct all taxes and other charges due from the party in whose favor the warrant is drawn. If such warrant is insufficient to pay the entire amount due, then the treasurer shall credit the bill for such taxes or other charges by the amount of the warrant.
[Code 1991, § 2-164]
The treasurer shall settle his account of collections on December 31 of each year and in such settlement he shall have credit for any list of insolvents or absentees, upon the oath of the treasurer that such list is correct and true.