(A) The Treasurer is responsible to the City Administrator for effective administration of the Treasurer's Department and all assigned activities. The Treasurer's duties include:
(1) Performing all duties required by statute, the Council, ordinance, resolution, or the City Administrator;
(2) Acting as a bookkeeper and accountant of the city. For certified copies and for filing and entering, when required, papers not relating to city business, the Treasurer will receive the fees allowed by law to town clerks; but the Council may require the Treasurer to pay such fees into the City Treasury;
(3) Receiving and safely keeping all monies belonging to the city and promptly enter in a book provided for the purpose an account of all monies received and disbursed by the Treasurer, showing the source and objects of all monies with the date of each transaction;
(4) Paying out money only upon written order of the City Council, or such other officers of independent boards or commissions as are authorized to issue orders in the case of board or commission operations. Retain as vouchers such orders when paid or cancelled. Such accounts and vouchers will be exhibited to the Council upon its request;
(5) Keeping an account book, in which the Treasurer will enter all money transactions of the city, including the dates and amounts of all receipts. Immediately after the close of the calendar year, the Treasurer will complete, and file in the city records for public inspection, a report of balances, receipts, and disbursements by the funds for the year; and
(6) Delivering to a successor all books, papers, and money belonging to the city.
(B) In the Treasurer's absence from the city or disability, the City Council may designate a Deputy Treasurer. The Deputy Treasurer may discharge any of the official and legal duties of the Treasurer.
(Ord. 2015-1, passed 4-13-2015)