[R.O. 2012 §115.090; CC 1975 §2-32; Ord. No. 8 §§2 — 3; Ord. No. 452 §1, 2-1-2000]
A.
The
Mayor, with the consent and approval of a majority of the members
elected to the City Council, shall appoint a City Clerk who shall
serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and Council.
B.
The
City Clerk shall have charge and custody of the City Seal, ordinances
and other records, papers and documents entrusted to his/her care
and keeping by the City Council; he/she shall attend to such correspondence
as may be required; he/she shall keep the journal of the proceedings
of the City Council and enter therein the "yeas" and "nays" of the
members of each bill presented for passage as an ordinance; he/she
shall attest each ordinance passed by subscribing his/her name on
the face thereof; he/she shall issue and attest all warrants ordered
by the Council and, in general, he/she shall perform such other duties
as may be prescribed by law or ordinance or as directed by the City
Council.
[R.O. 2012 §115.100; Ord. No. 256 §§1 — 2, 12-9-1986; Ord. No. 452 §1, 2-1-2000]
A.
The
Mayor, with the consent and approval of a majority of the members
elected to the City Council, shall appoint a City Treasurer who shall
serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and Council.
B.
Bond. The Treasurer, before entering upon the duties of
office, shall file with the City a bond in the amount of fifty thousand
dollars ($50,000.00); such bond shall be approved by the Mayor and
shall insure the City for the full and faithful performance of the
duties of office. The cost of such bond shall be paid by the City
of Normandy. In the event that the Treasurer shall be covered by a
blanket bond to the same extent as provided above, such separate bond
required by this Section shall not be required.
C.
Powers And Duties.
1.
The Treasurer shall receive and safely keep all monies, warrants,
books, bonds and other property belonging to the City and entrusted
to the Treasurer's care and shall deliver the same to the successor
in office.
2.
The Treasurer shall not draw any checks on the City Depository except
upon a warrant signed by the Mayor or, in the absence of the Mayor,
by the President Pro Tem of the City Council, and attested by the
City Clerk.
3.
It shall be the duty of the Treasurer, upon presentation of any warrant
drawn upon proper authority, if there shall be money enough in the
Depository allocated to the fund upon which said warrant is drawn
and out of which such warrant is payable, to draw a check as Treasurer
upon the City Depository in favor of the legal holder of such warrant,
and to take such warrant and charge the same to the fund upon which
it is drawn. In no case shall the Treasurer draw any check upon any
fund in the City Depository unless there is sufficient money belonging
to the fund upon which said warrant is drawn to pay the same. No money
belonging to the City shall be paid out of the City Depository except
upon the check of the City Treasurer and signature of one of the two
(2) other officials of the City designated by the City Council by
resolution.
4.
The Treasurer shall examine all bills before the City Council which
contemplates the payment of money which may be referred to the Treasurer
by the City Council before final passage. If it appears to the satisfaction
of the Treasurer that a sufficient sum stands unappropriated to the
credit of the City in the fund covered by such proposed legislation
to meet the requirements of the bill, the Treasurer shall endorse
the bill to that effect.
5.
The Treasurer shall make a monthly report to the City Council in
writing at the first (1st) regular session of the Council each month.
Such report shall show the amount on hand and credited to the various
funds of the City as of the first (1st) day of the preceding month,
the receipts and expenditures during said month, and the total amount
in the Treasury and unexpected balance to the credit of the respective
funds on the last day of the preceding month.
6.
The Treasurer shall also perform such other duties in the line of
office as may be required by law or resolution of the City Council
from time to time.
[R.O. 2012 §115.110; Ord. No. 452 §1, 2-1-2000]
A.
The
Mayor, with the consent and approval of a majority of the members
elected to the City Council, shall appoint a City Attorney who shall
serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and Council.
B.
The
duties of the City Attorney shall be to:
1.
Advise the Council, the City Administrator, and all officers and
department heads of the City concerning any question of law relating
to their official duties or affecting the City's interests.
2.
Examine and certify as to legality and form all contracts, deeds,
bonds and other documents to be signed in the name of, or made to
or with, the City.
3.
Serve as Prosecuting Attorney of the Municipal Court.
4.
Draft proposed ordinances at the request of the Council or any member
thereof or the City Administrator.
5.
Represent the City in legal matters in which the City is a party
or interested.
6.
Perform such other duties of a legal nature as the Council may by
ordinance or regulation require.
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The Council may, by ordinance, on the recommendation of the
City Administrator, employ special counsel on a temporary basis as
the need may arise.
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[R.O. 2012 §115.120; Ord. No. 452 §1, 2-1-2000]
The Mayor, with the consent and approval of a majority of the
members elected to the City Council, shall appoint a Chief of Police
who shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and Council.
[R.O. 2012 §115.130; CC 1975 §2-38; Ord. No. 336 §§1 — 4; Ord. No. 349 §§1
— 2; Ord. No. 371 §§2 — 5; Ord. No. 398 §§2
— 5; Ord. No. 452 §1, 2-1-2000]
A.
The
Mayor, with the consent and approval of a majority of the members
elected to the City Council, shall appoint a Director of Public Works
who shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and Council.
B.
It
shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works to have supervision
of the highways, roads, abatement of nuisances, sidewalks, weed cutting
and such other duties as the City Council shall prescribe; and shall
recommend from time to time the establishment and maintenance of public
parks and public playgrounds. The Director of Public Works shall supervise
the system established by the City for the collection and disposal
of refuse, garbage and trash.
[R.O. 2012 §115.140; CC 1975 §2-39; Ord. No. 337 §§1 — 4; Ord. No. 346 Art.
22, §2, 2-10-1969; Ord. No. 351 §§1 — 2; Ord. No. 369 §§2
— 5; Ord. No. 396 §§2 — 5; Ord. No. 475 §§1
— 4; Ord. No. 452 §1, 2-1-2000]
A.
The
Mayor, with the consent and approval of a majority of the members
elected to the City Council, shall appoint a Code Enforcement Officer
who shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and Council.
B.
It
shall be the duty of the Code Enforcement Officer to have primary
responsibility over enforcement of:
1.
All provisions of this Code or other ordinances regulating the building
and other codes as adopted by the City.
2.
All provisions of this Code or other ordinances regulating planning
and zoning.
3.
All provisions of this Code or other ordinances regulating the use
of park or recreation properties owned or leased by the City.
C.
It
shall be the further duty of the Code Enforcement Officer to have
supervision of permits and inspections of all gas lines, construction,
maintenance or planning of all sewers and sewerage disposal plants,
electric light plants, water works, ice plants, parks and recreation
facilities or any other like plants or establishments dealing in or
with the public need, improvement or development.
D.
The
Code Enforcement Officer shall have the authority to select, with
the approval of the City Council, some suitable person experienced
in the field of engineering or possessed of comparable training in
the field of public utilities or housing to aid him/her in the discharge
of his/her duties hereunder and to serve under such conditions and
compensation, if any, as shall be approved by the City Council.
E.
The
Code Enforcement Officer, in enforcing the provisions of any code
of the City, and of any other State or local law, ordinance or regulation
enforced by him/her pursuant to this Code, shall have the power to
enter, examine and inspect, or cause to be examined and inspected,
and to investigate, or cause to be investigated, vacant lots, yards,
courts and buildings in this City to determine which are in violation
of any provision of this Code or other City ordinance or threaten
the safety, health, comfort and welfare of the people.
[R.O. 2012 §115.150; CC 1975 §2-33; Ord. No. 433 §§1 — 2, 6-8-1999]
A.
The
Budget shall be prepared under the direction of the Budget Officer.
All officers and employees shall cooperate with and provide to the
Budget Officer such information and such records as he/she shall require
in developing the budget. The Budget Officer shall review all the
expenditure requests and revenue estimates, after which he/she shall
prepare the proposed budget as provided herein.
B.
After
the Budget Officer has prepared the proposed budget, he/she shall
submit it, along with such supporting schedules, exhibits, and other
explanatory material as may be necessary for the proper understanding
of the financial needs and position of the City, to the City Council.
He/she shall submit at the same time complete drafts of such orders,
motions, resolutions or ordinances as may be required to authorize
the proposed expenditures and produce the revenues necessary to balance
the proposed budget.
C.
The
annual budget shall present a complete financial plan for the ensuing
budget year and shall include at least the following information:
1.
A budget message describing the important features of the budget
and major changes from the preceding year.
2.
Estimated revenues to be received from all sources for the budget
year, with a comparative statement of actual or estimated revenues
for the two (2) years next preceding, itemized by year, fund and source.
3.
Proposed expenditures for each department, office, commission and
other classification for the budget year, together with a comparative
statement of actual or estimated expenditures for the two (2) years
next preceding, itemized by year, fund, activity and object.
4.
The amount required for the payment of interest, amortization and
redemption charges on the debt of the political subdivision.
5.
A general budget summary.
D.
In
no event shall the total proposed expenditures from any fund exceed
the estimated revenues to be received plus any unencumbered balance
or less any deficit estimated for the beginning of the budget year;
provided, that nothing herein shall be construed as requiring the
City to use any cash balance as current revenue or to change from
a cash basis of financing its expenditures.
E.
The
annual fiscal year for the City of Normandy is hereby established
as October first (1st) to September thirtieth (30th).
