CHAPTER 234
Department of Finance
234.01   Petty Cash and Change Funds.
234.02   Applications for tax abatements or other incentives.
234.03   Payment of liens prior to conveyance of land.
234.04   Uncollectible accounts.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Director of Finance - see CHTR. Art. V, § 3
   Finance generally - see CHTR. Art. VII
   Report to legislative authority of finances - see Ohio R.C. 733.32
   Disposition of fines and other moneys - see Ohio R.C. 733.40
   Credit card policy to be maintained and distributed by Finance Director - see ADM. 210.05
   Department of Taxation - see ADM. Ch. 236
   Deposits and investments - see ADM. Ch. 238
   Law Enforcement Trust Fund - see ADM. 244.04
   Cooperative purchasing - see ADM. 252.05
   Audit Committee - see ADM. Ch. 289
234.01 PETTY CASH AND CHANGE FUNDS.
   To provide for the efficient operation of the City, Petty Cash Funds and Change Funds are established as follows:
   (a)   A Petty Cash Fund in the Finance Department with a limit of two hundred dollars ($200.00);
   (b)   A Petty Cash Fund at the Avon Aquatic Facility with a limit not to exceed seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00);
   (c)   A Change Fund for the Mayor's Court with a limit of one hundred dollars ($100.00);
   (d)   An Imprest Cash Fund for miscellaneous local receipts with a limit of three hundred dollars ($300.00)
(Ord. 94-93. Passed 9-13-93.)
   (e)   A Furtherance of Justice Imprest Cash Fund with a limit of two thousand dollars ($2,000); and
   (f)   A Law Enforcement Trust Imprest Cash Fund with a limit of one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(Ord. 128-95. Passed 9-11-95; Ord. 70-15. Passed 6-8-15; Ord. 138-15. Passed 10-26-15.)
234.02 APPLICATIONS FOR TAX ABATEMENTS OR OTHER INCENTIVES.
   All applicants seeking to obtain tax abatements shall be required to pay a non-refundable fee in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) to cover the administrative and legal costs incurred by the City in the processing of said applications.
(Ord. 210-98. Passed 12-14-98.)
234.03 PAYMENT OF LIENS PRIOR TO CONVEYANCE OF LAND.
   Prior to sale or conveyance of any lands within the City, the seller, realtor, title company or escrow agent must obtain from the Financial Director a statement setting forth all delinquent payments due the City which arise out of ownership of the property. Any such delinquency shall be a lien on the property in favor of the City in the amount owed and the property shall not be sold or transferred until such lien is satisfied. Also, the City shall not issue any permits until such time as all delinquencies are satisfied.
(Ord. 84-00. Passed 6-12-00)
234.04 UNCOLLECTIBLE ACCOUNTS.
   The Finance Director, in consultation with the relevant department head and the Law Director, shall review those accounts which have remained on the books for more than one year as delinquent and unpaid. If it is determined by reviewing the facts and history of said delinquent accounts that the obligor is uncollectible or that the costs to enforce collection is not practical, the Finance Director with the approval of the department head and Law Director, is hereby granted authority to write off the debt as uncollectible and enter said dispositions on the ledgers.
(Ord. 108-09. Passed 7-13-09.)