(A) General powers, duties and the like. The City Collector and Treasurer shall collect assessments, levies, licenses, water rents and all other bills, accounts and charges placed into his or her hands by the Council or by the City Clerk and as may be required by law, and shall duly give receipt therefor. He or she shall be chargeable with all such taxes, levies, licenses, water rents, charges or other collections placed in his or her hands for collection, and shall account therefor to the Council, as required by law.
(B) Keeping or paying out money. The City Collector and Treasurer shall act as Treasurer and shall issue all checks when properly signed by the Mayor and City Clerk and when he or she has sufficient funds in hand to so pay. He or she shall keep all money collected by him or her in banks in so the city. He or she shall not pay out any of such funds except upon such orders as are herein specified and as allowed by law.
(C) Monthly reports to Council; settlement of accounts.
(1) Upon the request of the Mayor or a member of Council, the City Collector and Treasurer will make a report to the Council, at its first regularly scheduled meeting following such request, regarding the status of city accounts.
(2) The Collector and Treasurer shall make full settlement of his or her accounts as required by the rulings of the State Tax Commissioner and by the laws of the state and as the Council, by resolution, may require.
(D) Records. The City Collector and Treasurer shall keep complete and accurate fiscal accounts and records, as required by law and as prescribed by the State Tax Commissioner and other state officers having authority to prescribe therefor, and in accordance with directives from the Council.
(E) Rules and the like to which Collector subject. The City Collector and Treasurer shall be subject to the provisions of the city’s Charter and to the acts of the legislature relating to such officer and his or her duties, and also to all applicable provisions of this code and other ordinances, resolutions and orders of the Council.
(F) Election; term; qualifications. The City Collector and Treasurer shall be elected by the Council at the first regular meeting held in the month of September of each odd year, or as soon thereafter as practicable. He or she shall be a citizen and qualified voter of the city at the time of his or her election, and shall hold office, during the pleasure of the Council, for a term of two years or until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The term of his or her office shall commence on the first of October next succeeding his or her election.
(G) Oath of office. Before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, the City Collector and Treasurer shall take and subscribe the oath of office required by law in such cases for the faithful performance of his or her duties.
(1991 Code, § 2-22) (Ord. passed 5-7-1981)
Charter reference:
City Treasurer, see Char. Section 3.07
Statutory reference:
Payment of money from municipal treasuries, see W.Va. Code § 8-13-22
Powers and duties of Municipal Treasurers, see W.Va. Code §§ 8-13-15, 8-13-16