(A) The Clerk and Finance Officer shall be appointed by the Board at the organizational meeting following the Board’s staggered term elections.
(B) The Clerk and Finance Officer, hereinafter called the Clerk, shall have the following duties and powers.
(1) The Clerk shall attend all meetings of the Board of Commissioners and shall regularly and fairly record all of its proceedings in a book to be kept by him or her for that purpose. He or she shall also keep a well-bound book to be styled the Code of Ordinances, in which he or she shall fairly and correctly transcribe all ordinances which are enacted by the Board of Commissioners.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Clerk to keep true, accurate and just books of accounts of the dealings and transactions of the town, which books shall show at all times the true condition of the town, its resources and liabilities and the disposition and use of the monies coming under the control of the town.
(3) The Clerk shall keep or cause to be kept in a safe place all monies, records and accounts.
(4) The Clerk shall disburse funds for the various purposes of the town only when an appropriation for such a purpose has been made in the annual budget and the disbursement is authorized by the Board of Commissioners.
(5) The Clerk shall perform other duties as the Board may from time to time require.
(Prior Code, § 31.02)