Section 24.

   The Director of Finance shall be the head of the Department of Finance. The Director of Finance shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall be confirmed by Council or Council must show cause why the Director of Finance should not be confirmed. The Finance Director shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor. The Director of Finance shall serve until a successor is appointed and qualified. The Director of Finance shall give such bond for the faithful discharge of the duties as the Council may by ordinance require. The Director of Finance's duties shall include the keeping and supervision of all accounts, the collection and custody of all public money of the City, except funds and accounts of the Board of Education, and such other duties as may be provided by this Charter or by ordinance of Council.

   All public money coming into the Director of Finance's hands shall be deposited each day in such bank or banks as the Council may designate by ordinance; and all disbursements of public money shall show the name of the payee and the purpose for which the money is paid. The Director of Finance shall keep a record of all payments issued by the Director of Finance, the name of the payee and the purpose for which the money was paid.

   No payment shall be issued for the payment of any claim, unless such claim be evidenced by a voucher approved and countersigned by the head of the Department for which the indebtedness was incurred.

   The Finance Committee of Council shall make an examination of the books and accounts of the Director of Finance at least once each year, and Council may by resolution order an examination of such books, and accounts by the Finance Committee at any time.

(Amended November 8, 2016.)