[Ord. of 9-25-1972]
There shall be an officer of the City entitled City Treasurer and finance officer. Such officer shall be appointed by the City Manager and shall be under his supervision with independence of action as accorded in the City charter.
[Ord. of 9-25-1972]
(a) 
The duties of the treasurer and finance officer shall be:
(1) 
To perform accounting and record keeping and to do related work as required.
(2) 
To supervise clerks and other office personnel assigned to the treasurer's office; to supervise the performance of the office staff in all areas of activity; to equip the staff with the necessary supplies and materials; and to develop more effective accounting and financial procedures.
(3) 
To post all receipts and expenditures; to prepare monthly financial statements, trial balances, anticipated cash receipts and disbursements and other financial statements; to file, record and maintain all financial records.
(4) 
To provide all statements and information which the City Manager shall from time to time request and all statements and information which department heads shall request for their convenience.
[Added 8-1-2016]
(a) 
Authority. This section is enacted pursuant to 36 M.R.S.A. § 1483-A, which expressly authorizes such ordinances.
(b) 
Excise tax exemption; qualifications.
(1) 
Vehicles owned by a resident of this municipality who is on active duty serving in the United States Armed Forces and who is either permanently stationed at a military or naval post, station or base outside this state or deployed for military service for a period of more than 180 days and who desires to register that resident's vehicle(s) in this state are hereby exempted from the annual excise tax imposed pursuant to 36 M.R.S.A. § 1482.
(2) 
To apply for this exemption, the resident must present to the municipal excise tax collector certification from the commander of the resident's post, station or base, or from the commander's designated agent, that the resident is permanently stationed at that post, station or base or is deployed for military service for a period of more than 180 days.
(3) 
For purposes of this section, "United States Armed Forces" includes the National Guard and the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces when permanently stationed outside the State of Maine or deployed for military service for a period of more than 180 days.
(4) 
For purposes of this section, "deployed for military service" has the same meaning as in 26 M.R.S.A. § 814, Subsection 1A.
(5) 
For purposes of this section, "vehicle" has the same meaning as in 36 M.R.S.A. § 1481, Subsection 5, and does not include any snowmobiles as defined in 12 M.R.S.A. § 13001.
(c) 
Effective date; duration; applicability.
(1) 
This section shall take effect as provided in Article II, Section 9, of the Old Town City Charter and shall remain in effect unless and until it or 36 M.R.S.A. § 1483-A is repealed.
(2) 
This section shall apply to vehicle excise taxes otherwise falling due on or after July 1, 2016. Eligible members of the United States Armed Forces who have paid vehicle excise taxes to the City of Old Town on or after July 1, 2016, but prior to the effective date of this section, shall be entitled to a refund of those taxes upon submission of the required commander's certification.
(3) 
Ineligible members of the United States Armed Forces who have paid vehicle excise taxes to the City of Old Town on or after July 1, 2016, who subsequently become eligible for the period concerned due to an extension of the member's term of service, enlistment or deployment, shall be entitled to a refund of those taxes upon submission of the required commander's certification.