The Director of the Department of Finance, as established by the Charter of the City, shall be charged with the following duties and responsibilities:
(a) The custody of all official bonds of the City.
(b) The receipt and custody of all money paid to the City and the disbursement of City money, all as in accordance with the Charter of the City and ordinances passed by Council.
(c) The certification to the County Auditor or the making and collection of special assessments; responsibility for the collection of license fees, fees for permits and all appropriate utility bills; the control, funding and payment of the public debt of the City; and the preparation and disbursement of City payroll accounts.
(d) The rendering of a monthly report to Council reflecting the financial condition of each of the funds of the City as of the last day of the preceding month.
(e) The rendering of an annual report reflecting the financial condition of each of the funds of the City for the preceding fiscal year. Such report shall be submitted to the City Manager, the Mayor and Council within one month following the close of the fiscal year as established by Charter.
(f) The required certification of all purchase orders, and the signing of all warrants, vouchers, checks and contracts, for the payment of money which must be approved by the City Manager or his designee, acting as Purchasing Agent for the City, except that checks drawn on the Mayor's Account of the City shall be signed by the Mayor and Director of Finance.
(g) The proration of the expense of materials, supplies, services and salaries among the various Municipal funds when such commodities, services and salaries may be properly charged against the several funds for the reason that they are distributed or used for more than one department, division or fund. Such proration of expenses shall be made in the manner deemed most advisable and proper by the Director.
(h) The keeping of an accurate account of the bonded indebtedness of the City and of the payment of the principal and the interest thereon.
(i) The settlement and accounting with Council of the preceding month's fiscal activities on or before the tenth day of each month.
(j) The administration of all employee benefit funds.
(k) The giving of assistance to the City Manager in the preparation of drafts of annual budgets.
(l) The payment to the persons duly entitled thereto, on warrant properly authorized without appropriation by Council of any money paid into the treasury pursuant to condemnation proceedings, or for the redemption of property sold for taxes, or arising from special assessments for public improvements, park fund certificates, condemnation fund certificates and all special trust funds. (Ord. 1962-20. Passed 7-23-62; Ord. 76-29. Passed 10-11-76.)