(a) Except as may be otherwise provided herein or by State law, the City Treasurer shall collect all taxes, fines, special assessments and other money due the City, and shall receive from all City officers and employees money paid to them for the City, and all City money so collected or received by him shall be deposited promptly in the depositories designated for such purpose by City Council. He shall not pay out money from the City Treasury unless there be sufficient, unencumbered and not otherwise obligated funds in the City Treasury available for the purpose of any such payment; and he shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed for such office by State law, the Codified Ordinances or other ordinance, resolution or order of City Council.
(b) The City Treasurer shall keep complete and accurate fiscal accounts and records as required by law and in the manner prescribed by the State Tax Commissioner and other State officers having authority to prescribe therefor, and in accordance with directives from the Director of Finance and City Council. He shall render such reports as may be required of him by law, the Codified Ordinances or other ordinance, resolution or order of City Council, the City Manager or Director of Finance.
(1975 Code Sec. 2-28)