The director of finance shall receive and safely keep all moneys that shall come to the city by taxation or otherwise, and pay the same out on demands legally audited in the manner provided by this Charter; and without such auditing he or she shall disburse no public moneys whatever, except principal and interest of the municipal debt when payable.
The director of finance shall also be ex officio city treasurer. He or she shall issue receipts to all persons paying money into the treasury. He or she shall make a record at the close of each business day showing all moneys received during the day, together with the number of each receipt given by him or her therefor, for what account and from whom received and to what fund applied.
He or she shall, each month, make out and present to the council, a full and complete statement of the receipts and expenditures for the preceding calendar month; and he or she shall make such special reports from time to time as may be required by the council.
He or she shall perform such other duties as are or shall be required of him or her by this Charter or by the laws of this state and ordinances not in conflict with such Charter.
Editor's note: This section was amended by Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 72, which was approved by the voters of the city at an election held June 7, 1966. This section was further amended by the voters of the city on March 26, 1996.