(A) Appointment. The City Treasurer shall be appointed by the City Council and shall reside within a radius of 20 miles, the centerpoint thereof being Sparta City Hall located at 114 W. Jackson St., Sparta, Illinois.
(B) Duties. The City Treasurer shall perform the duties as may be prescribed for him or her by statute, by this code, other ordinances of the city and the City Council.
(C) Receipt, disbursement of funds. The City Treasurer shall receive all money paid into the city, either directly from the person paying it or from the hands of any other officer of the city as may receive it, and the Treasurer shall pay out money only on vouchers or orders properly signed by the City Clerk and the Mayor.
(D) Depositing city funds; commingling prohibited. The City Treasurer shall deposit the city funds in the depositories as may be selected from time to time in accordance with law, and he or she shall keep the city money separate and distinct from his or her own and shall not intermingle his or her own money with it or make private or personal use of the city funds.
(E) Register of warrants and other disbursements. The City Treasurer shall keep a register of all warrants, bonds, vouchers or orders filed with him or her or paid by him or her.
(F) Required records; contents. The City Treasurer shall keep records showing all money received by him or her, the source from which it was received and the purpose for which city funds were paid out and he or she shall keep a record showing at all times the financial status of the city.
(G) Books of account; form. The City Treasurer shall keep books and accounts as may be required by the City Council and he or she shall keep them in the manner required by the City Council.
(H) Monthly and annual reports; contents. The City Treasurer shall make monthly reports to the City Council showing the state of the finances of the city and the amounts received and disbursed during the month, which reports shall be filed. The Treasurer shall make an annual report between May 1 and May 10, with the total amount of all receipts and expenditures of the city and a statement of his or her transactions as Treasurer during the preceding year.
(1994 Code, § 31.41) (Ord. 97-03, passed 6-9-1997; Ord. 21-07, passed 11-22-2021)