(A) A receipt must be issued for each cash payment received. At a minimum, manual pre-numbered receipts must include the date, mode of payment (cash) and the identification of the department and the person issuing the receipt.
(B) Checks must be made payable to “The City of Corry”, “City Treasurer”, or “Corry Water” as is appropriate for the services for which payment is being made, and must be endorsed promptly with a restrictive endorsement stamp payable to “The City of Corry”.
(C) During business hours, all forms of cash shall be stored in locking drawers, cash registers, cash boxes or the safe.
(D) Only the cashier collecting these monies shall have control over this cash, and must make sure that the cash is securely locked when they leave their desk no matter how briefly or to take lunch or break. This must be verified by a second person. The City Business Manager shall determine maximum the number of people in a cash drawer during the day. He or she shall be guided by the principle to minimize risk of loss.
(E) The cashier shall have complete control and responsibility for the cash he or she collects during business hours.
(F) To reduce the risk of error, all cash shall be separated according to the denomination, and shall face the same direction.
(G) Checks shall be kept together but kept separately from cash and credit card receipts. Any other documentation should also be kept together with above, but separately.
(H) Credit card machines and the receipts should not be left unattended. They shall be kept in an inaccessible area.
(I) The funds received must be reconciled to the cash register or to the pre-numbered receipts at the end each day. Cash must be reconciled separately from checks/credit cards by comparing actual cash received to the cash total from the manual receipts.
(J) When possible, areas that store cash should always be locked.
(K) All types of cash and other receipts shall be deposited daily. Cash received late on Friday afternoon or on a holiday shall be deposited on the next banking business morning after processing and reconciliations, depending on the amount of daily receipts. At 4:30 p.m. daily, after all doors are locked and non-city employees have left the premises, all cash shall be taken out of the drawers and only contain daily start-up money. The City Business Manager shall determine whether a night deposit shall be made that evening.
(L) Refunds or expenditures must be paid through the appropriate budget with a city generated check.
(M) The cashier’s office will issue a receipt of deposit to be used for reconciliation of the supporting documentation to the deposit and to the monthly statements of account.
(N) All voided transactions shall be approved and initialed by the City Business Manager or the designated person in his or her stead. There are no exceptions.
(O) Cash, checks and payment cards must be kept in a safe or a secure place locked/combination vault or safe until it is deposited. A secure area for processing and safeguarding funds received is to be provided and restricted to authorized personnel. Access to areas where cash is stored shall be limited only to those employees who need access, and have been previously designated to have access.
(Res. 16-07, passed 6-20-2016; Res. 20-27, passed 2-7-2020)