Chapter 2.46
FINANCE DEPARTMENT1
Sections:
2.46.030 Finance manager to be manager.
2.46.040 Finance manager to be city treasurer.
2.46.060 Certain department terminated.
2.46.070 References to former department and position title.
2.46.010 Department created.
There shall be, and the city council does hereby create and establish, a department for the city to be known as the finance department. [Ord. 831B, 2008.]
2.46.020 Positions.
Positions within the finance department shall consist of the finance manager and such other staff as may be established and authorized in the city’s annual budget. [Ord. 831B, 2008.]
2.46.030 Finance manager to be manager.
The finance manager shall be the manager of the department and shall be appointed, supervised, and removed by the city manager, subject to applicable rules, regulations, or other tenure of office laws. In the event that a vacancy should occur in the position of finance manager, the duties of manager shall be assumed by the city manager, or his designee. [Ord. 831B, 2008.]
2.46.040 Finance manager to be city treasurer.
The finance manager shall be the city treasurer. [Ord. 831B, 2008.]
2.46.050 Powers and duties.
The powers and duties of the finance manager shall be:
A. To prepare and keep all financial records of the city;
B. To make all purchases of materials, supplies, or equipment for the city authorized by the city council, in the manner provided by law and subject to the limitations imposed by law;
C. To keep a current account of the amount appropriated each year and the sums spent out of each appropriation, showing the unexpended balance for each item;
D. To keep accounts showing at all times the fiscal condition of the city, including the current and anticipated revenues and expenses of all municipal funds and accounts;
E. To keep and prepare all bond registers and other records required by law to be kept, and to prepare for signature and publication any report required by law;
F. To prepare, not less than once a month, vouchers and warrants for the payment of all sums due from the city, listing each item and the account from which the same is payable, which vouchers and warrants, when properly signed by the mayor or other authorized officials, shall authorize the issuance of a warrant or check as provided by law for the payment of each item;
G. To collect and receive all license fees, permit fees, charges for municipal utility service, charges for the use of city property or special services rendered by the city, sums due the city on any contracts, and all other sums due the city as shall be required to be paid by ordinances of the city;
H. To keep the city council informed as to all sums due on taxes, assessments, and other revenues to which the city is entitled;
I. To prepare the city’s annual financial report and make records available for independent audit;
J. To manage the city’s central computerized information systems; and
K. To perform such other duties as the city manager may determine, or as the city council may determine by ordinance or resolution. [Ord. 831B, 2008.]
2.46.060 Certain department terminated.
The general services department is disestablished and terminated. [Ord. 831B, 2008.]
2.46.070 References to former department and position title.
Any reference to the general services department in the current Chehalis Municipal Code is hereby amended to refer to the finance department. Any reference to the general services director in the current Chehalis Municipal Code is hereby amended to refer to the finance manager. [Ord. 831B, 2008.]
Prior legislation: Ords. 675B and 768B.