The city secretary, unless otherwise specified or directed, shall be designated as the financial officer for the city and shall perform the duties of the financial officer as described in the sections below.
(Ordinance 22, sec. 3, adopted 1/13/73; Ordinance 82, sec. 3, adopted –/–/–; 2004 Code, sec. 2.20)
The financial officer shall:
(1) 
Give bond in such sum as may be required by the city council, but the bond shall not be less than the amount of the estimated revenues and special assessments of the city for the current year, with sureties to be approved by the city council. The bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance by the financial officer of his duties of office, and to indemnify the city for any loss due to any neglect of duty or wrongful act on the part of the officer;
(2) 
Perform such duties as may be prescribed for him by statute or ordinance. He shall receive all money paid to the city, either directly from the person paying it or from the hands of such other officer as may receive it, and he shall pay out only on vouchers or orders properly signed by the mayor or the mayor’s designee;
(3) 
Deposit the city funds in such depositories as may be selected from time to time as is provided by statute, 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 city funds;
(4) 
Keep such records showing all money received by him, the source from which it was received, and the purpose for which it was paid out, and he shall keep a record showing at all times the financial status of the city;
(5) 
Keep such books and accounts as may be required by the city council, and shall keep them in the manner required by law;
(6) 
Make monthly reports to the council showing the state of the finances of the city, and the amounts received and spent during the month, which reports shall be filed. And he shall make an annual report at the close of the fiscal year with the total amount of all receipts and expenditures of the city and his transactions during the preceding year;
(7) 
Keep a register of all warrants, bonds or orders filed with him or paid by him, and all vouchers, as is required by statute.
(Ordinance 22, sec. 3, adopted 1/13/73; Ordinance 82, sec. 3, adopted –/–/–; 2004 Code, sec. 2.21)