A. Code of Conduct for the Administrative Staff is as follows:
1. Members of the administrative staff and employees of the Town shall observe the same rules, procedures and decorum applicable to members of the Town Council;
2. The Mayor, or designee, is responsible for the orderly conduct and decorum of all Town employees;
3. The Mayor shall take such disciplinary action as may be necessary against Town employees acting within their scope of employment to ensure that decorum is preserved at all times in Town Council Meetings; and
4. All persons addressing the Town Council, including staff members and members of the public, shall be recognized by the chair and shall limit their remarks to the matter under discussion and, if applicable, to the time limit given by the chair.
B. Town Recorder and Deputy Town Recorder.
1. The Town Recorder shall be appointed by the Mayor and approved by the Town Council;
2. The Town Recorder of the Town shall be the custodian of, and must keep safely, the Corporate Seal, records, plates, books, and papers belonging to the corporation of the Town; shall attend all meetings of the Town Council and record its proceedings; shall audit all claims presented to, and draw warrants on, the Town Treasurer for all appropriations made by the Town Council; shall annually assist with an independent audit of the records of the Town and keep such records showing the financial condition of the Town, including receipts and disbursements, debts due to and owing by the Town and to or from whom due; and shall perform such duties as may be assigned or requested by ordinance or order of the Town Council; and
3. The Mayor may hire, at the discretion of the Town Council, a Deputy Recorder to work under the Town Recorder. Duties of the Deputy Town Recorder are to be assigned by the Mayor and/or Town Recorder/Clerk, as required.
C. Town Treasurer.
1. The Town Treasurer shall be appointed by the Mayor and approved by the Town Council. The Town Treasurer shall receive all funds belonging to the Town and shall disburse said funds only upon warrants signed by the Town Recorder; shall keep in suitable books a full account of all receipts and disbursements made by or to the Town, with the names of the persons paying or receiving such funds, and the object thereof; and shall give to each person paying money into the Town a receipt therefore, specifying the date of payment, and upon what account paid. The Town Treasurer shall perform such other duties as are or may be required by law or ordinance or order of the Town Council.
D. Bond Requirements:
1. Before taking the oath of office and entering on the duties of their respective office, the Town officials, as prescribed by Utah Code Annotated section 10-3-819, or as designated by the Town Council, shall each have a bond with good and sufficient securities, payable to the Town, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of their office and the payment of all monies received by such officers according to law and the ordinances of the Town, in such amounts as will be established by ordinance of the Town Council;
2. Town Treasurer: The Town Treasurer’s bond shall be superseded by any rules, regulation or directive of the State Money Management Council when such rule, regulation or directive is binding on the Town;
3. The premium charged by any corporate surety for any bond required in this section shall be paid by the Town; and
4. The bond required in this section may be a blanket bond.
E. Compensation. The compensation to be paid to each official of the Town shall be established by the Town Council by ordinance. (See FF Ordinance # 082217, Providing for the Compensation for Elected and Statutory Officers.)
F. Appointment of Other Officers. The Town Council may appoint such other officers as may be necessary for the order and well-being of the Town, define their duties, fix their term and compensation, and remove them from office without cause.