[Amended 8-1-2016 by Ord.
No. 3278]
A.
The Treasurer shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to the advice
and consent of the City Council, for a term of one year, and shall
serve until his successor is appointed and has qualified.
B.
If a vacancy occurs in the office of Treasurer, it shall be filled
in the same manner as initial appointments are made.
The City Treasurer shall receive all moneys belonging to this
City, and shall pay all warrants signed by the Mayor and countersigned
by the City Clerk and not otherwise and shall keep a separate account
of each fund or appropriation, and the debits and credits belonging
thereto. He shall give to every person paying money into the City
treasury a receipt therefor, specifying the date of payment, and upon
what account paid, and he shall file copies of such receipts with
the Clerk with his monthly reports.
The Treasurer shall keep a register of all warrants redeemed
and paid by him, showing the number, date, and amount of each, the
fund from which paid and the name of the person to whom and when paid,
and he shall cancel all warrants as soon as redeemed by him.
The Treasurer shall keep all moneys in his hands belonging to
this City separate and distinct from his own money, and he shall not
use, either directly or indirectly, the City moneys or warrants in
his custody and keeping for his own use and benefit, or that of any
other person. Any violation of this section shall subject the Treasurer
to removal from office by the City Council.
The Treasurer shall deposit the City funds in such depositories
as directed by the City Council, by ordinance, and he shall keep the
City money separate and distinct from his own and shall not intermingle
his own money with it or make private or personal use of the City
funds.
The Treasurer shall keep his books and accounts in such a manner
as to show with accuracy all moneys received and disbursed by him
for the City, stating from whom and on what account received, and
to whom and on what account paid out, and in such a way that the books
and accounts may be readily investigated and understood, and the books
and accounts and all files and papers of his office shall be at all
times open to examination by the Mayor or the City Council.
The Treasurer shall report to the corporate authorities at the
first monthly meeting a full and detailed account of all receipts
and expenditures of the municipality, as shown by his books up to
the time of the report.
The Treasurer shall annually, at the close of the fiscal year,
make out and file with the City Clerk a full and detailed report of
all the receipts and expenditures of the corporation, as shown by
his books and of his transactions as such treasurer, during the preceding
fiscal year, and he shall, in such report, show the state of the City
treasury at the close of said year, which report the City Clerk shall
publish as required by law.
