HomeMy WebLinkAbout150 - Establishing the Position of Director of FinanceORDINANCE N0; 150
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA ESTABLISHING THE
POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND DEFININING HIS POWERS
AND DUTIES.
The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does ordain as follows%
Section 1: Creation. There is hereby established the position of
Director of Finance for the City of Costa Mesa.
Section 2: Powers and Duties. The Director of Finance shall have
powers and duties as follows:
(a) Have charge of the administration of the financial affairs of
the City under the direction of the City Manager, and be head of the Finance
Department of the City.
(b) Compile the budget expense and income estimates for the City
Manager,
(c) Maintain a general accounting system for the City government and
each of its offices, departments and agencies.
(d) Supervise and be responsible for the disbursement of all moneys
and have control of all expenditures to insure that budget appropriations
are not exceeded; audit all purchase orders before issuance; audit and approve
before payment all bills, invoices, payrolls, demands or charges against the
City government and, with the advice of the City Attorney, when necessary,
determine the regularity, legality and correctness of such claims, demands
or charges.
(e) See that all taxes, assessments, license fees and other revenues
of the City, or for whose collection the City is responsible, and all other
money receivable by the City from the County, State or Federal Government,
or from any court, office, department or agency of the City are collected.
(f) Submit to the City Council through the City Manager a monthly
statement of all receipts and disbursements in sufficient detail to show the
exact financial condition of the City; and as of the end of each fiscal year,
submit a complete financial statement and report.
(g) Supervise the keeping of current inventories of all property of
the City by all City departments, offices and agencies.
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(h) Perform such other duties as may be required of him by the City
Manager.
(i) The Director of Finance shall perform all duties imposed upon
the City Clerk by Sections 40802 to 40805 of the Government Code of the State
of California.
Section 3: Qualifications. The minimum qualifications for the position
of Director of Finance shall be as set forth in Resolution No. 17 of this
City Council, passed and adopted on the 29th day of September, 1953, being a
resolution establishing the qualifications and requirements for Fiscal Officer
of the City of Costa Mesa, or as said qualifications are amended from time to
time by resolution of the City Council.
Section 4, Enactment. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
force thirty (30) days from and after its passage and prior to the expiration
of fifteen (15) days from its passage shall be published once in the Costa
Mesa Globe Herald, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published
in the City of Costa Mesa, together with the names of the members of the City
Council voting for and against the same.
Passed and adopted this / 7r1L day of December, 1956,
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City Clerk of the City of Costa Me
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,)
County of Orange, )ss
City of Costa Mesa. )
I. A. Co SWARTZ, City Clerk and eye -officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa, do hereby certify that at a regular ��
meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, held on the
day of December, 1956, the foregoing Ordinance was considered section by
section and that said Ordinance was then passed and adopted as a whole by
the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
NOES: Councilmen:
ABSENT: Councilmen:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of the City of Costa Mesa this /r'4 day of December, 1956.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City CounciloG�City of Costa Mesa