The City Controller shall:
(A) Prescribe the form of reports and accounts to be submitted to the Department of Finance;
(B) Sign and issue all warrants on the City treasury;
(C) Audit and revise all accounts and trusts in which the City is concerned;
(D) Keep separate accounts for each item of appropriation made for each City department, including a statement showing the amount drawn on each appropriation, the unpaid contracts charged against it and the balance remaining;
(E) At the end of each month, submit under oath to the Common Council a report of the accounts of the City and showing revenues, receipts, expenditures and the sources of revenues;
(F) At the end of each fiscal year, submit under oath to the Common Council a report of the accounts of the City published in pamphlet form and showing revenues, receipts, expenditures and the sources of revenues;
(G) Maintain custody of the records of the Department of Finance and turn them over to the fiscal officer’s successor in office;
(H) Perform duties prescribed by statute concerning the negotiation of City bonds, notes and warrants;
(I) Keep a register of bonds of the City and of transfers of those bonds;
(J) Manage the finances and accounts of the City and make investments of City money, subject to the ordinances of the Common Council;
(K) Issue City licenses on payment of the license fee;
(L) Collect fees as fixed by ordinance;
(M) Pay into the City treasury all fees and other City money collected by the Department during the preceding week, specifying the source of each item;
(N) Prescribe payroll and account forms for all City offices;
(O) Prescribe the manner in which salaries shall be drawn;
(P) Prescribe the manner in which creditors, officers and employees shall be paid;
(Q) Provide that all wages and salaries are payable semi-monthly, unless the Common Council establishes more frequent payments;
(R) Notify the City executive of the failure of any City officer to collect money due the City or to pay City money into the City treasury; and
(S) Draw warrants on the City treasury for miscellaneous City expenditures not made under the direction of a department and not specifically fixed by statute.
(Am. Ord. 11, 2013, passed 8-21-2013)