(A) There is hereby created a Department of Finance to be headed by a Director of Finance. Except as provided in Division (D) of this Section, the Director of Finance shall be appointed by the Mayor subject to the approval of the Council by a majority vote of its members. The person appointed to serve as Director of Finance shall meet qualifications established by City Council which should include knowledge and experience in accounting, taxation, and business or public administration. Except as provided in Division (D) of this Section, the person serving as Director of Finance may be removed by the Council for the reasons and in the manner provided in Section 11.02 of this Charter or by the Mayor with or without cause with the concurrence of a majority of the members of the Council.
(Amended 11-2-21)
(B) The Director of Finance shall be the chief fiscal officer of the City and shall have the following powers, duties and functions:
(1) To collect, on behalf of the City, all taxes, assessments and moneys due; disburse funds; invest funds when available for investment; maintain an efficient general accounting system and specify and supervise departmental accounting, including invoicing, receiving and, where appropriate, cost accounting systems; and represent the City with other governmental fiscal agencies.
(2) To report, for the Council in a form Council may specify, the current financial status of the City not less than quarterly; provide Council all supporting financial information requested for consideration of the annual budget and appropriation ordinance; and make a yearly report covering all accounts and obligations of the previous fiscal year.
(3) To serve as fiscal advisor to the Mayor, City Administrator, and the Council; to assist the Mayor in the preparation of the yearly budget, appropriation measures and statements of anticipated income, and to perform any other powers, duties or functions assigned to the Director of Finance by ordinance, resolution or charter.
(4) All other duties and functions now or hereafter imposed on city auditors and treasurers by the laws of the State of Ohio that are not in conflict with the provisions of this Charter.
(C) The Director of Finance shall designate a person to serve as Acting Director of Finance in the event of the temporary absence or disability of the Director of Finance, and until a successor is appointed pursuant to Division (A) of this Section in the event of a vacancy in the office of Director of Finance. While acting as the Director of Finance, the person designated as the Acting Director of Finance shall have all the powers, duties and functions of the Director of Finance. The Acting Director of Finance shall be a person who is otherwise employed by the City. (Amended 11-8-11)
(D) The person elected to the office of Director of Finance under this Charter at the November 2001 election shall serve as Director of Finance with all powers, duties and functions of the office of Director of Finance under this Charter from January 1, 2002 until the earlier of January 1, 2006 or the date on which that person vacates the office. During that service the person shall be subject to removal from office only by the Council and for the reasons and in the manner provided in Section 11.02 of this Charter for the removal of other elected officials of the City.
(Amended 11-6-01)