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ORDINANCE N;). 515
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UKIAH CREATING AND ESTABLISHING
THE OFFICE OF "DIRECTOR OF FINANCE"; DEFINING DUTIES AND
AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE;TRANSFERRING DUTIES
FROM THE CITY CLERK TO THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE;REPEALING
ORDINANCES OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT WI`IH THIS ORDINANCE.
In accordance with the authority as granted in California
Public Laws Nos. AB 1859 and AB 343, the City Council of the
City of Ukiah does hereby ordain as follows :
SECTION 1: (a) OFFICE CREATED . The office of Director of
Finance is hereby created and established. The Director of
Finance shall be the chief accounting officer of the City
and shall consolidate all accounting matters of the City in
this office, as an entirely separate and distinct entity
from all other departments. This office shall be independent
from the City Clerk and the City Treasurer. The Director of
Finance shall be the ranking departmental officer, subordinate
only to the City Manager.
(b) TENURE. This office shall be appointive; the Director
of i'inance shall be appointed by the City manager with the
approval of the City Council; The Director of Finance shall
serve at and during the pleasure of the City Manager.
(c ) QUALIFICATI:')N. . The Director of Finance shall be
qualified by sufficient technical accountin; training, skill
and experience to be proficient in the office. The Director
of Finance shall also show evidence of his executive ability.
SECTION 2: ELIGIBILITY. Residence in the City of Ukiah shall
not be deemed a necessary qualification for appointment to this
office.
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SECTION 3: BOND. The Director of t� inance shall furnish a
corporate surety bond to be approved b- City Council,
in such sum as may be determined by the City Council and
shall be conditioned on the faithful performance of the duties
imposed on the Director of Finance as herein described. The
Bond fee shall be a proper charge against such funds of the
City 'as the City 'Council shall designate.
SECTION 4: COMPENSATION. The Director of Finance sh-ll
receive such compensation as the City Council shall from time
to time determine and fix by resolution, ani said compensation
shall be a proper charge against such funds of the City as
the City Council shall designate.
SECTION 5: POWERS AND DUTIES. The Director of Finance shall
be the chief accounting officer for Lhe City of Ukiah under
the direction and control of the City Manager. He shall be
responsible for the efficient administration of all the
accounting functions for the City. All of the duties,
responsibilities and authority imposed upon the City Clerk
as Chief Accounting Officer for the City of Ukiah are hereby
transferred to and imposed upon the Director of Finance. He
shall be responsible for the efficient performance of the
duties and responsibilities namely,
HE shall:
(a) Supervise and control all apointed personnel in
the Cit ' s General. ,7ffice.
(bT Be responsible for all accounting functions of
the Cit , and collections from consumers ' accounts.
(cT Have authority to reassign employees under his
supervision temporarily or permanently to meet emery°encies
and volume growth requirements.
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( d) Administer laws and ordinances pertain'ng to taxes,
licenses and permits.
(e) Shall cause current accounts to be kept of all
funds, revenue, receipts, expenditures and financial corLmitments
of the City.
(f) Apply budgetary control of expenditures in order that
they will not exceed either anticipated expenditures or actual
receipts.
(g) Collect, receive and deposit all monies of the City
y and keep proper records therefor.
(H) Cause the performance of accounting control of
storage and issuance of materials and supplies .
( i) Present to the City Manager an estimate, plan
and program of the City' s financial activities.
( j) Be custodian of the City's Permanent accounting
records.
(k) Prescribe and control forms and procedures of all
other departments which pertain to revenue, receipts or
expenditures, in any manner.
(1) Prepare and iss,°e all warrants.
(m) Prepare financial stateLrents and statistical reports.
(n) Prepare estimate of annual revenues and expenditures .
( o) Perform cost accounting as directed by the City Manager.
(p) Have the right to audit the accounting functions performed
by all other departments and divisions of the City.
(q) Perform such other functions as the City Manager may
specify or as may be prescribed by action of the Council.
SECTION 6: ABSENCE. Should the Director of Finance be absent
or disabled, the City Manager shall designate an acting
Director of Finance.
SECTION 7 : REPEAL. All ordinances and all parts of ordinances
of the City of Ukiah in confli^t herewith are hereby repealed
to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 8: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of
this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once
in the Ukiah Daily Journal, a newspaper of ,eneral circulat' on,
printed, published and circulated in the City of Ukiah and after
its adoption it shall be effective after 30 days.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS DAY OF ,1956.
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Mayor of the City of'Ukiah
Attest:
ty Clerk
I, J.M. Turner, City Clerk of the City of Ukiah, County of
Mendocino, State of California, and ex-officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Ukiah, do hereby certify that the foregoing
is a full, true and correct copy of an ordinance adopted by said City
Council at a regular meeting thereof on the 5th day of September, 1956.
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