[CC 1979 §23.160(A)]
No person shall be elected to the office of City Collector of
the City of New London, unless he/she be twenty-one (21) years of
age, a resident of the City for at least one (1) year next preceding
his/her election, a qualified voter and not in any manner indebted
to the City.
[CC 1979 §23.160(B)]
A.
The
City Collector shall perform all the duties specified in this Code
and shall perform such other duties as may be directed by the City
Clerk and/or Mayor.
B.
It
shall be the duty of the City Collector to collect all accounts or
taxes placed in his/her hands for collection as provided by law and
the ordinances of this City; to receive from the City Clerk, issue
and deliver all licenses which are required to be taken for any business,
exhibition or other thing, when the duty of issuing such license is
not imposed upon another officer, and collect all taxes for such licenses
in a suitable book with the name and business of the license; to keep
in a book, for that purpose, receipts and accounts of all money collected
by him/her in behalf of the City, the date of the receipt, the name
of the persons paying the same and the purpose and object for which
the same was paid, and to perform all the duties required of him/her
by the law or any ordinance of the City.
C.
Compensation. The City Collector shall receive as compensation
for his/her services a fee or percentage, as may be fixed by ordinance.
The City Collector shall, annually, at such times as may be
designated by ordinance, make a detailed report to the Board of Aldermen,
stating the various monies collected by him/her during the year, and
the amounts uncollected and the names of the persons from which he/she
failed to collect and the causes therefor.
The Mayor may appoint a Deputy Collector to be approved by the
Board of Aldermen, and when such Deputy Collector shall have taken
and subscribed to the oath provided by this Code, he/she shall possess
all the qualifications and powers and be charged with the same duties
as the City Collector.
