The Finance Director shall be the fiscal officer of the municipality and shall supervise the keeping of all the financial accounts of the municipality and the several departments and officers thereof. It shall be his duty to keep an accurate account of all taxes and assessments, of all moneys due to and all receipts and disbursements by the municipality, of all the assets and liabilities of the municipality, and of all appropriations made by the Council. He shall examine and approve, if in proper form and an appropriation has been duly made, payrolls, bills, and other claims, and prepare and sign all warrants. He shall assist the Mayor and the Council in the duties required by the Charter or by the ordinances of Council. He shall be the collector and custodian of all moneys of the municipality. He shall keep, preserve, deposit and invest the moneys of the municipality in such manner and in such place or places as the Council shall determine, and shall disburse said moneys upon proper warrants. He shall also receive and disburse all other public moneys coming into his hands as Finance Director in pursuance of such regulations as may be prescribed by the authorities having lawful control over such funds. He shall perform all other duties required by this Charter, by ordinances of the Council, and by the general laws of the State of Ohio. The Finance Director may delegate to the Assistant Finance Director the duty and authority to prepare and sign warrants disbursing the moneys of the municipality and such other public moneys as may come into his hands as Finance Director.
(Amended November 7, 1978; November 2, 1999)