The Commissioner of Accounts and Finance shall have charge and supervision over all accounts and records of the city and of all officers and boards who are required to keep accounts, make reports or records, and shall cause proper accounts and records to be kept and proper reports to be made, he shall carefully inspect the accounts of every officer or employee, who receives or disburses city money. He or she shall cause all license fees, taxes, assessments, rentals, or other money which may be due the city, to be collected. He or she shall report to the City Council any failure to make reports or to pay moneys due to the city, with such recommendation in relation thereto as he may deem proper. The City Clerk and special collector and the City Treasurer shall be assigned to the supervision of this department. The Commissioner of Accounts and Finance shall be authorized to supervise the purchase of necessary supplies for the use of this department and he or she shall also be vice-president of the City Council and in the absence of the Mayor or his/her inability to act shall preside over the City Council and perform all the usual duties of the Mayor and the head of the Department of Public Affairs.
(Ord. 1, passed - - )