2019-136 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapter 18-Finance Department

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ADDITIONS AND CHAPTER 18 FINANCE DEPARTMENT 1. ESTABLISHED. There is hereby created and established the Finance Department which shall be organized and administered as the City Manager shall from time to time direct,and which shall consist of the Director of Finance and such other officers and employees as the Council shall from time to time authorize. 2. DIRECTOR. There is hereby created the Office of Director of Finance, the occupant whereof shall be appointed, and may be removed, by the City Manager at will. 3. APPOINTMENTS AND RULES. The Director of Finance shall be the appointing officer of the occupants of all the classified positions assigned to the Finance Department,and may make reasonable rules, regulations and directives not in conflict with law or ordinance to govern and administer the activities and carry out the duties and responsibilities thereof, subject to the direction and control of the City Manager. 4. DEPARTMENT DUTIES. The Finance Department shall: (a) Collect, receive, deposit, invest, pay out and account for all funds of the City, all in accordance with generally accepted and established guidelines for good fiscal accounting and auditing practices; (b) Cause all accounts of the City to be audited annually by independent auditors and the report thereof transmitted to the City Manager and the Council and to any other officer required by law; (c) Cause to be inventoried all property of the City of whatever nature and to keep records of the acquisition, retention and disposition thereof;