[L.L. No. 4-1974;[1] L.L. No. 2-1975; L.L. No. 3-1975; § 1, L.L. No. 8-1981; § 1, L.L. No. 5-2009]
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Editor's Note: This local law repealed former § 6-1, Comptroller, added by § 121 of L.L. No. 4-1925, as amended.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.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law repealed former § 6-2, Auditor, added by § 122 of L.L. No. 4-1925, as amended.
[2]
Editor's Note: This local law was approved at referendum 11-6-1984 and took effect 1-1-1986.
[L.L. No. 4-1974;[1] § 1, L.L. No. 9-1984[2]]
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.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law repealed former § 6-3, City Treasurer, added by § 123 of L.L. No. 4-1925, as amended.
[2]
Editor's Note: This local law was approved at referendum 11-6-1984 and took effect 1-1-1986.
[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.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 6-4, Superintendent of Real Estate, added by § 123-a of L.L. No. 4-1954, was repealed by L.L. No. 4-1965.
[2]
Editor's Note: This local law was approved at referendum 11-6-1984 and took effect 1-1-1986.
[§ 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; § 1, L.L. No. 2-2025]
There shall be a Bureau of Purchasing, the head of which shall be the Director of Purchasing. The Director of Purchasing 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.