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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 7, Page 30, Ordinance Number 11No. `/ 0 Ordinance No. 11- 1_I? O'iDIIl:I?CE r1•:fEiiDIIdG 1u? ORDI1 ___-10E, DETERILiININC THE FUIICiIOIIS OF THE .DEl::RT!.:E"TS OF PUBLIC :-FI'._Iii5, PUBLIC FIN",110E, PUBLIC S,,YPT.'Y, PUBLIC i.'OR,,:S ,L::D PUBLIC PROPEiiI. Y, .:i::D I'I?ESCi1IB- ING _THE DUTIES OF THE COi 1.-IISSIOI?ERS". Be it ordained by ,the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah, Kentucky: Sec. 1. That Section 3 of an ordinance entitled, "An Ordinance determing the functions of the departments of Public itffairs, Publie-Finance, Public Safety, Public Yorks and Public Property, and prescribing the duties of the Commissioners," adopted by the Board of Commissioners on January 1st 1915, be, and the same is herebz; amended by adding thereto, at the end of the first paragraph thereof the fol- lowing ero-rds: "Provided however the Commissioner of Finance shall be and he is hereby empowered to deposit such sum or sums of money as may have been heretofore collected by the City of Paducah or may be hereafter collected by the City of Paducah or the construction of sewers in such other bank or banks and in such sum or sums as he may determine, from time to time, upon the execution of D. bond payable to the City of Paducah in such amount as may be necessary to protect said City against loss for the deposit of said money in said bank or banks", so that said section of said ordinance when so amended shall read as follows: Section 3. The Commissioner of Public Finance shall have charge of all the fiscal accounts of the city, ---- ----------------- - - the collection and disbursement of all of the funds of the City, subject to the orders and directions of the Board of CoMmissioners, and he shall have general supervision over all officers, agents, or employees assigned to o'r�performing any of the duties coniected with the assessing of property for taxation, the collection of taxes or license revenue, or the disbursement and safekeeping of all funds of the City. Linder his supervision and charge shall be the City -assessor, City Clerk, City Auditor, the Delinquent Tax Collector, and such clerks or employ- ees as may be assigned to the Department of Public Finance, together with all other officers charged with any general or suecial duties pertaining to the collection or disbursement of genoral or special tax- es, or assessments, or fees, or other money of the City of Paducah, consistent with such powers, rimhts and duties of the Cit, Treasurer, Cit;; Clerk, i:ssessor and Auditor, as may br reserved to them by Charter of cities of the second class and such amendments thereto as have been heretofore enacted. He shall cause proper accounts to be kept of all receipts and disbursements of the City, and he shall audit, or cause to be audited., the accounts of all officers or employees intrusted r-ith receiving or disbursing public funds, and make monthly reports to the Ordinance No. il- Continued. Board of Commissioners of all Financial transactions o:: t;:c Cit.y. He shall examine, Or cause to be examined, and report to said Board upun all bills, accounts, payrolls or claims, before they are acted upon or allowed, unless otherwise provided by law or ordinance. He shall r;eposiLt all funds of the City in one of the banks of the City of Paducwh, to be selected by the Board of Commissioners during some regular or called session thereof, and such bank shall be known as - and shall be - the City Depository. Provided however, the Commissioner of Finance shall be and he is hereby empowered to deposit such sum or sums of money as may have been heretofore collected by the City of Paducah, or may be here- after collected by the City of Paducah, for the construction of sewers in such other bank or banks and ill such sum or sums as he may determine, from time to time, upon the execution of a bond payable to the City of Paducah in such amount as may be necessary to protect said City against loss for the deposit of said money in said bank or banks. The Commissioner of Public Finance shall collect all taxes, assessments, fees, rents, or other moneys due or to become due to the City, and have charce thereof, and of all the funds, general or special, of the City, and report to the Board of Commissioners all de- linquencies as to reports, collections and disbursements in the premises, together with such recommendations as he may deem advisable. He shall keep the special funds of the City raised by special assessments and tax levies, in accounts separate from the general funds of the City, and -- shall disburse said ihnds only upon the order of the Board of Commission- ers. Sec. 2. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. PISSED BY THE BO!tRD OF 00- 17ISSIOIrE-:S J_.;:U_ fiY 18, 1915. ?recorded January lath, 1910. Cit;