[Ord. No. 1331,[1] 11-7-2022; Ord. No. 1338, 5-1-2023]
The City Collector shall be appointed by the Mayor with the
consent and approval of a majority of the members elected to the Board
of Aldermen and shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and the Board.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance was approved by a majority of
the electorate April 4, 2023.
The 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.
The 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 Collector.
[R.O. 2012 § 115.170; CC 1981 § 140.020; Ord. No. 51 § 13, 11-17-1905]
He/she shall also execute to the City of Portageville a bond
in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) with good and sufficient
sureties conditioned that he/she will faithfully and punctually collect
and pay over all City revenue during his/her term of office at the
time and in the manner provided by law or ordinance and that he/she
will, in all things, promptly and faithfully discharge the duties
of his/her office. Said bond shall be approved, filed and recorded
in like manner as the Police Chief's bond.
[R.O. 2012 § 115.180; CC 1981 § 140.030; Ord. No. 51 § 20, 11-17-1905]
It shall be the duty of the City Collector to make a full and
complete statement once a month of all taxes collected by him/her
during the preceding month from all sources and present the same to
the Board of Aldermen at its regular meeting in each month showing
from what source or sources said sum or sums of money is derived and
shall at or before said meeting of the Board of Aldermen turn over
all said sums of money to the City Treasurer taking receipt in duplicate
for the same, one (1) of which he/she shall file with the City Clerk
who shall thereupon charge the Treasurer with the amount and credit
the Collector with the same. Every such settlement shall be entered
at large by the City Clerk in a book kept for that purpose which shall
be open at all times for inspection by any taxpayer of the City.
