(A) At the first meeting of the Board of Commissioners following each general election of Commissioners, the Board shall designate the Town Clerk to be ex officio Town Accountant, or the Board shall appoint some other person to be Town Accountant, to serve at the will of the Board; provided that the experience, training and qualifications of any person on whom the powers and duties of the Town Accountant are imposed and conferred by or under this section shall be approved by the local government commission of the state, which approval shall continue until revoked by the Commission. If any person upon whom the powers and duties of the Town Accountant are imposed and conferred is a Tax Collecting Officer of the town, it shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners to require all his or her books and accounts to be audited at least annually by a certified public accountant or by a public accountant registered under G.S. Chapter 93.
(Prior Code, § 2-36)
(B) The Town Accountant shall have the powers and perform the duties vested in and imposed upon municipal accountants by the General Statutes of North Carolina; and he or she shall have other powers and perform other duties, not inconsistent with state law, the Town Charter, this code or other ordinance as may be specified by the Board of Commissioners.
(Prior Code, § 2-37)