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The Director of Finance shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties necessary for the administration of the department of finance. The department of finance shall be concerned with (a) fiscal policy of the town (b) compilation and maintenance of a grand list of property within the town subject to taxation; (c) assessment of valuation of property on the grand list; (d) preparation of data incident to presentation of the annual budget of the town; (e) supervision of the execution of contracts of the town; (f) supervision of payment of debts of the town including bonded indebtedness; (g) supervision of the collection of taxes levied by the town; (h) maintenance of financial records of the town; (i) custody of public funds; (j) such other and fur...

The department of finance shall be composed of the director of finance, the town treasurer, the tax collector, the assessor, the purchasing agent, and their respective employees.

Accounts shall be kept by the department of finance showing the financial transactions for all departments of the Town. Forms for such accounts shall be prescribed by the director of finance with the approval of the Mayor, which forms shall be adequate to record all cash receipts and disbursements, all revenues accrued and liabilities incurred, and all transactions affecting the acquisition, custody and disposition of values and for the making of such reports of the financial transactions and conditions of the Town as may be required by law or ordinance.

The Purchasing Agent of the Town shall purchase all supplies, materials, equipment and other commodities and services for all departments, agencies, boards or commissions of the Town including that purchasing done for the Board of Education. All purchasing done for the Board of Education shall be done in accordance with the specification as to quality defined by said Board of Education.

[Amended 11-4-2008 ] Financial reports shall be prepared for each quarter and each fiscal year, and for such other periods as may be required by the Mayor and/or Council. Said reports shall be provided to the Mayor and the Council.

[Amended 11-4-2008 ] Payments by the Town shall be made as certified by the head of the appropriate department or other division of the town government as approved by the director of finance. Payments shall be authorized by the director of finance and the Mayor. The director of finance shall examine all payrolls, bills and other claims and demands against the town, and shall issue no warrant for payment unless he or she finds that the claim is in proper form, correctly computed and duly certified, that it is justly and legally due and payable, that an appropriation has been made therefor which has not been exhausted or that the payment has been otherwise legally authorized and that there is money in the town treasury to make payment. He or she may require...

[Amended 11-4-2008 ] (a) The Town shall conduct an audit upon any of the following: (a) after the close of the fiscal year, an annual audit will be conducted; (b) upon the death, resignation, removal or expiration of the term of any director of the Town or such other employee as determined by the director of finance, the director of finance shall make an audit and investigation of accounts of such director or employee and shall report such findings to the Mayor and the Council; (c) upon the death, resignation, removal or expiration of the term of the director of finance, the Mayor shall direct that an independent audit be made of his or her accounts, and the findings of such audit shall be reported to the Mayor and the Council; and (d) upon the authorizat...

The Town Clerk shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of a Town Clerk as provided by the General Statutes, except as herein otherwise provided, and shall perform such other duties required by this Charter. The fees or compensation provided by the General Statutes to be paid to the Town Clerk shall be collected by him or her in accordance with the provisions of the General Statutes or this Charter or ordinances of the town; shall be deposited with the treasurer of the town as required by the director of finance; and at the time of making each such deposit, the Town Clerk shall file with the treasurer a full statement of such receipts. The Town Clerk shall also keep a record of receipts in his or her office in book form, which record shall show th...

The Town Clerk shall receive a salary in lieu of all fees and other compensation.

[Amended 11-4-2008 ]

The Mayor shall develop a wage and salary schedule for Town employees, which schedule shall be approved by the Town Council.

The fiscal year of the Town shall commence July first of each year and expire the thirtieth day of June next succeeding. [Ed. Note: change made to conform to Connecticut General Statutes]

[Amended 11-4-2008 ] Not later than March 12, the Mayor shall prepare and submit to the Council an annual budget for the ensuing fiscal year based upon detailed estimates furnished by the several departments and other divisions of the town government, according to a classification as nearly uniform as possible. The budget shall present the following information: (a) An itemized statement of the appropriations recommended by the Mayor for current expenses and for permanent improvements for each department and each division thereof for the ensuing fiscal year with comparative statements in parallel columns of the appropriations and expenditures for the current and next preceding fiscal year, and the increases and decreases in the appropriations recommended;...

[Amended 11-4-2008 ] The Council shall annually pass an appropriation ordinance not later than May 12, which ordinance shall be based upon a budget submitted by the Mayor. The appropriations made in such ordinance and the budget submitted by the Mayor shall provide for the full fiscal year of the Town.

The total amount of appropriations shall not exceed the estimated revenues of the Town.

[Amended 11-4-2008 ] In the event an annual appropriation ordinance has not been passed by the commencement of the fiscal year, the Council, with the approval in writing of the Mayor, shall make appropriations for current departmental expenses, chargeable to the appropriations of the year when passed, to an amount sufficient to cover the necessary expenses of the various departments until the annual appropriation is in force. No other liabilities shall be incurred by any employee of the Town except in accordance with the provisions of the previous year's appropriation ordinance or under continuing contracts and loans authorized under the provisions of this charter.

At any meeting and after at least one week's public notice, the Council, by an affirmative vote of seven (7) members may authorize the transfer of unused balances appropriated for one purpose to another purpose, or to appropriate available revenues not included in the annual budget.

[Amended 11-4-2008 ] Upon the adoption of a budget, the Council shall, by ordinance, levy such tax as may be necessary to meet the appropriations made (less the estimated amount of revenue from other sources) and all sums required by law to be raised on account of the Town debt, together with such additional funds as may be required by the Town budget, and shall prescribe the manner and time for payment.