(A) Appointment. The Village Budget Officer shall be appointed by the Village President with the approval of the corporate authorities as provided in ILCS Chapter 65, Act 5, § 8-2-9.1.
(B) Bond. The Village Budget Officer before entering upon the duties of his or her office shall execute a bond to the village in such sum as provided in ILCS Chapter 65, Act 5, § 3.1-10-25 with such sureties as the President and Board of Trustees shall approve conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office.
(C) Powers and duties. The Village Budget Officer shall have such powers and duties as provided pursuant to ILCS Chapter 65, Act 5, § 8-2-9.2 including the following enumerated by statute:
(1) Permit and encourage and establish the use of efficient planning, budgeting, auditing, reporting, accounting, and other fiscal management procedures in all municipal departments, commissions, and boards.
(2) Compile an annual budget in accordance with ILCS Chapter 65, Act 5, § 8-2-9.3.
(3) Examine all books and records of all municipal departments, commissions, and boards which relate to monies received by the municipality, municipal departments, commissions, and boards, and paid out by the municipality, municipal departments, commissions, and boards, debts and accounts receivable, amounts owed by or to the municipality, municipal departments, commissions, and boards.
(4) Obtain such additional information from the municipality, municipal departments, commissions, and boards as may be useful to the Budget Officer for purposes of compiling a municipal budget, such information to be furnished by the municipality, municipal departments, commissions, and boards in the form required by the Budget Officer. Any department, commission or board which refuses to make such information as is requested of it available to the Budget Officer shall not be permitted to make expenditures under any subsequent budget for the municipality until such municipal department, commission, or board shall comply in full with the request of the Budget Officer.
(5) Establish and maintain such procedures as shall insure that no expenditures are made by the municipality, municipal departments, commissions, or board except as authorized by the budget.
(6) Heads of village departments may make requests to the Village Budget Officer for revisions or alterations to the budget by deleting, adding to, changing or creating sub-classes within object classes budgeted previously to a department. The Village Budget Officer shall review all requests for budget revisions as to their effect on the budget in total and the availability of funds. The Village Budget Officer may revise or alter the budget by deleting, adding to, changing or creating sub-classes within object classes budgeted previously to a department, board, or commission without approval of the President and Board of Trustees.
(D) Salary. The salary of the Village Budget Officer shall be in an amount set by the Village Board payable semi-monthly.
(Ord. 03-01, passed 1-21-2003; Am. Ord. 18-09, passed 5-21-2018)