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The appointed Financial Official shall have the following duties:
(A) Supervising the accounting system for all departments and offices of the municipality in accordance with the recommendations of the Department of Legislative Audit, except that for those municipalities administered under the City Administrator form of government, the supervision will be by the City Administrator;
(B) Drawing and countersigning all warrants, bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness, showing the amount paid, to whom it was paid and for what purpose;
(C) Creating estimates on work to be performed and countersigning all contracts;
(D) Keeping a list of all certificates issued for work or any other purpose. Before the levy by the governing body of any special tax, the Finance Officer shall, unless that duty is performed by the engineer, report to the governing body a schedule of all lots that are subject to the proposed special tax or assessment and the amount of the special tax or assessment. The schedule shall be verified by the Finance Officer’s affidavit;
(E) Destroying any record which the Records Destruction Board declares to have no further administrative, legal fiscal, research, or historical value;
(F) Safekeeping the corporate seal of the municipality, all papers and records, and the mandatory recording of the proceedings of the governing body; and
(G) Attending meetings of the governing body.
(Prior Code, § 31.03)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL §§ 9-14-17, 9-14-18, 9-14-19, and 9-14-20
(A) The Finance Officer shall receive all money belonging to the municipality and shall keep accurate records of the money.
(B) The Finance Officer shall perform all other duties as set out in SDCL §§ 9-22-1 et seq.
(Prior Code, § 31.04)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL § 9-22-2
When required by the governing body or any officer of the municipality, the Municipal Attorney shall:
(A) Furnish an opinion upon any matter relating to the affairs of the municipality or the official duties of such officer;
(B) Conduct the prosecution of all actions or proceedings arising out of the violation of any ordinance; and
(C) Perform such other professional services incident to his or her office as may be required by ordinance or directed by the governing body.
(Prior Code, § 31.05)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL § 9-14-22
(A) The Municipal Engineer shall be a practical engineer and surveyor. He or she shall keep his or her office somewhere in the municipality.
(B) All surveys, profiles, plans, or estimates are city property and shall be carefully preserved in the office of the Municipal Engineer and shall be open to public inspection.
(Prior Code, § 31.06)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL § 9-14-24
(A) Compatible offices.
(1) No Mayor, Alderman, or Commissioner is disqualified from holding such office in any municipality as a result of holding any liquor license or being the spouse of a person holding any liquor license.
(2) Any Mayor, Alderman, Commissioner may serve in a volunteer, unsalaried municipal position.
(B) Incompatible offices.
(1) No Mayor, Alderman, Commissioner shall hold any other office under the municipality while an incumbent of any such office.
(2) No Clerk may hold the office of Finance Officer in the municipality while an incumbent of such office.
(Prior Code, § 31.01)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL §§ 9-14-16 and 9-14-16.1
(A) The governing body shall fix and determine by ordinance or resolution the amount of salaries and compensation of all municipal officers and the times at which the same shall be paid.
(B) The municipality is authorized to provide the following:
(1) Appropriation of funds to compensate the members of boards and commissions;
(2) Group life, sickness, and accident, or hospitalization and surgical insurance, with the responsibility for administration of these programs with the governing body, either individually or jointly with other governing bodies;
(3) Inclusion in the municipal insurance program of retired employees and officers and their spouses, provided the officer or employee served for at least 15 years and participated in municipal insurance program at least five years immediately preceding retirement; and
(4) Appropriation of necessary funds for the cost of all or any portion of the insurance provided by SDCL § 9-14-30 and the deduction from salaries or wages, the employee’s or officer’s share of the cost of such an insurance program.
(Prior Code, § 31.09)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL §§ 9-12-3.1, 9-14-28, 9-14-33, 9-14-34, and 9-14-35
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