The Department of Finance shall be
responsible for the financial affairs of the City with its general
purpose to institute sound fiscal management practices and procedures
throughout City operations. This department will be headed by the
Director of Finance. The Department shall also be responsible for
the management of the parking functions of the City.
There shall be in the Department
of Finance a Bureau of Treasury, a Bureau of Accounting, a Bureau
of Assessment, a Bureau of Parking, a Bureau of Purchasing and such
other operating units as deemed necessary by the Director of Finance
for effective and efficient operation.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law repealed former
§ 6-1, Comptroller, added by § 121 of L.L. No.
4-1925, as amended.
[L.L. No.
4-1974;[1] L.L. No. 3-1978; L.L. No. 7-1978; § 1, L.L.
No. 9-1984;[2] § 1, L.L.
No. 8-1986; L.L.
No. 1-1991; § 2, L.L. No. 10-1992; § 1, L.L. No. 3-2000; § 1, L.L. No. 1-2006; § 4, L.L. No. 10-2007; § 4, L.L. No. 15-2007; § 2, L.L. No. 5-2009]
The Director of Finance shall be
the head of the Department of Finance. The Director of Finance shall
be the chief financial officer of the City and shall have supervision
and control of the administration of the financial affairs of the
City which fall within the responsibilities and jurisdiction of the
Department of Finance and its several subdivisions. The Director of
Finance shall have all the powers and shall exercise all the duties
hereinafter conferred upon the several divisions of the Department
and shall have such other powers and duties as may be granted to the
director of Finance by law or ordinance.
The Director of Finance, through
the Director of Parking and the Director of Parking Violations and
Adjudication, shall have the supervision and control of the Parking/Municipal
Code Violations Bureau. The Director of Finance shall appoint the
Director of Parking Violations and Adjudication and, subject to the
restrictions of Article 2-B of the Vehicle and Traffic Law relating
to the Parking Violations Bureau, such number of deputy officers and
hearing examiners as he or she deems necessary.
In addition to the powers conferred
herein upon the Director of Finance, together with all the powers
and duties heretofore vested in the Comptroller by the laws and ordinances
of the City of Rochester, the Director is vested with all those powers
and duties heretofore and hereinafter conferred upon the Comptroller
of a municipality by the laws of the State of New York.
The Director of Finance shall appoint
each deputy and head of a bureau of the Department, who shall serve
at the pleasure of the Director of Finance with the approval of the
Mayor. The Director of Finance shall also appoint and may at pleasure
remove a secretary of the Department or any division thereof as may
be prescribed by the Mayor. The Director of Finance, or the Director's
designee, shall approve as to form all bonds required to be submitted
to the City.
All appointments to the offices and/or
positions of deputies and heads of divisions and bureaus shall be
subject to the approval of the Mayor.
There shall be a Bureau of Treasury,
the head of which shall be the City Treasurer. The City Treasurer
shall demand, collect and receive all funds due the City; shall have
the care and custody, including responsibility for investment, of
all funds; and shall disburse all City moneys in accordance with established
policies, laws and regulations. Except as otherwise provided for by
law, the City Treasurer shall receive all applications for permits
and licenses issued by any City department, bureau or division and
shall be responsible for the delivery of such licenses or permits.
The City Treasurer shall also be a Deputy Director of Finance who
shall possess the powers and perform the duties of the Director when
designated in writing by the Director of Finance or the Mayor during
the time the Director of Finance is absent or unable to act or during
the time this office is vacant.
[L.L. No.
4-1974; § 1, L.L. No. 9-1984[2]]
There shall be a Bureau of Accounting,
the head of which shall be the Director of Accounting. The Director
of Accounting shall be the chief accounting officer of the City, responsible
for approving for payment all claims and vouchers, for maintaining
all financial records and preparing all reports required by local,
state or federal statute or contract. The Director of Accounting shall
also be a Deputy Director of Finance who shall possess the powers
and perform the duties of the Director when designated in writing
by the Director of Finance or the Mayor during the time the Director
of Finance is absent or unable to act or during the time the office
of Director of Finance is vacant.
[§ 125, L.L. No. 4-1925; L.L. No. 5-1932; L.L. No. 23-1932; L.L. No. 33-1932; L.L. No. 34-1932; L.L. No. 4-1938; L.L. No. 2-1948; L.L. No. 4-1954; L.L. No. 11-1963; L.L. No. 8-1970; L.L. No. 8-1972; repealed by L.L. No. 3-1978]
[L.L. No.
4-1974; L.L. No.
7-1978; § 1, L.L. No. 14-1981; § 3, L.L. No. 5-2009; § 1, L.L. No. 13-2009[1]]
A.
There shall be a Bureau of Parking, the
head of which shall be the Director of Parking. The Director of Parking
shall be responsible for the administration and supervision of on-street
parking and municipal parking facilities; the installation, maintenance
and collection of revenue from parking meters; the supervision of
parking monitors; and the adjudication of parking infractions and
Municipal Code violations.
B.
There is established in the Department
of Finance an operating unit known as the Parking/Municipal Code Violations
Bureau, which shall be continued within the Bureau of Parking. The
head of the unit shall be the Director of Parking Violations and Adjudication,
who shall direct the assigned staff and supervise the adjudication
programs.
C.
The Parking Violations Bureau is authorized
to hear and determine complaints of traffic infractions constituting
parking, standing or stopping violations. The unit shall have all
of the functions, powers and duties granted in Article 2-B of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law and shall operate in compliance with that
Article.
D.
The Parking Violations Bureau is authorized
to hear and determine complaints of violations of Article 7 of the
Agriculture and Markets Law or of any local law or ordinance relating
to the licensing, identification and control of dogs, pursuant to
and in accordance with § 236(3) of the Vehicle and Traffic
Law.
E.
The Municipal Code Violations Bureau shall
hear and determine complaints of Municipal Code violations as authorized
by the Rochester City Court, pursuant to and in accordance with Chapter
417 of the Laws of 1969, as amended by Chapter 802 of the Laws of
1982.
F.
[§ 1, L.L. No. 6-2014[2]]
(1)
The City hereby establishes a demonstration
program in accordance with the provisions of § 1111-b of
the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law, imposing monetary liability
on the owner of a motor vehicle for failure of an operator thereof
to comply with traffic control indications in the City. Such demonstration
program shall allow for the installation and operation of traffic
control signal photo violation-monitoring devices at no more than
50 intersections within the City at any one time.
(2)
Adjudication of the liability imposed upon
motor vehicle owners by this section shall be by the Parking Violations
Bureau.
(3)
A motor vehicle owner liable for a violation
pursuant to this program shall be liable for monetary penalties in
accordance with a schedule of fines and penalties to be promulgated
by the Parking Violations Bureau. The liability of the owner pursuant
to this program shall not exceed $50 for each violation; provided,
however, that an additional penalty not to exceed $25 for each violation
shall be added for the failure of the owner to respond to a notice
of liability within 30 days from mailing of a notice of liability.
(4)
A motor vehicle owner shall not be held
liable for a violation pursuant to this demonstration program if the
violation is based upon the vehicle having stopped at a traffic control
signaled intersection at a point beyond the line marking the beginning
of the intersection. This paragraph shall not be applicable if the
violation is required to be issued pursuant to New York State law.
(5)
The demonstration program provided for
herein shall expire on January 1, 2017; provided, however, that the
expiration of the program shall not affect or disregard any act done
or violation committed prior to the expiration date, so that the motor
vehicle owner's liability for a monetary penalty or other punishment
for such prior act or violation may be asserted, enforced, and prosecuted
as fully and to the same extent as if the program had not expired.
[§ 1, L.L. No.
6-2016]
[2]
Editor’s Note: This local law provided
an expiration date of 12-1-2019.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law provided an
expiration date of 12-1-2014.
[L.L. No.
2-1975]
There shall be a Bureau of Purchasing,
the head of which shall be the Purchasing Agent. The Purchasing Agent
shall purchase or lease all materials, supplies, equipment, public
works and contractual services needed by the City and shall dispose
of all surplus property of the City pursuant to the provisions of
the Charter and the Code of the City of Rochester.
