Chapter 2.15
CITY TREASURER

Sections:

2.15.010    Duties.

2.15.020    Warrants – Want of funds.

2.15.030    Warrants – Authorization.

2.15.040    Outstanding warrants.

2.15.050    Warrants – Expiration.

2.15.060    Additional duties.

2.15.010 Duties.

The city treasurer shall be custodian of all funds of the city of Burns from whatsoever source derived and shall keep the same on deposit in such banks or trust companies as may from time to time be designated by the common council as official depositories of the city of Burns. The treasurer shall keep an account for the general fund and a separate account for each special fund which has been or may hereafter be created for any specific object. When a warrant is drawn on any particular fund, it shall be paid out of such fund and in the order of its presentation for payment. No warrants or orders shall be paid unless signed by the duly authorized officials of the city of Burns nor unless such warrants or orders specifically designate the fund upon which they are drawn. It shall be the duty of the city treasurer to keep a fair, clear, and distinct record of all funds and revenues of the city and also of all expenditures, disbursements, and investments thereof. It shall further be the duty of the city treasurer to enter into a book kept for that purpose a record of all warrants drawn on city funds, showing the date, number, name of claimant, the amount claimed, the amount allowed thereon, and from which fund the amount is to be paid. [Ord. 283 § 1, 1939]

2.15.020 Warrants – Want of funds.

Whenever a warrant is presented and cannot be paid for lack of moneys in the fund upon which the warrant is drawn, it shall be the duty of the treasurer to endorse upon said warrant “Not paid for want of funds,” and such warrant shall thereupon draw interest at the rate of four percent per annum until such warrant shall have been called for payment as provided in BMC 2.15.040. It shall be the duty of the city treasurer to enter into a separate book a record of all warrants presented but not paid for want of funds. Such register shall show the date, number, name of claimant, the amount claimed, and the date of presentation and endorsement by the treasurer. [Ord. 283 § 2, 1939]

2.15.030 Warrants – Authorization.

No warrant shall be drawn except upon the direction of the common council. All warrants so authorized shall be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the clerk. [Ord. 283 § 3, 1939]

2.15.040 Outstanding warrants.

When there are outstanding warrants against any city fund which have been presented but have not been paid for want of funds and there exists a sum in excess of $300.00 in any such fund, the treasurer shall publish one notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the city of Burns calling such outstanding warrants as he may have money on hand to pay. Such notice shall describe the called warrants by number, shall designate the date after which presentation for payment may be made, and shall state that from the date so designated interest on any such warrants shall cease and thereafter the city treasurer shall not allow interest on any such warrants for any period of time subsequent to the payment date designated in such notice. [Ord. 283 § 4, 1939]

2.15.050 Warrants – Expiration.

Any warrants not presented for redemption and payment within seven years from the date of issuance shall be deemed paid and cancelled and the treasurer shall not pay any such warrant after the expiration of such time; provided, however, that in case of warrants presented but not paid for want of funds, such warrants shall be deemed to have been paid and cancelled after the expiration of seven years from the date on which such warrants shall have been called for payment by the treasurer. [Ord. 283 § 5, 1939]

2.15.060 Additional duties.

In addition to the duties herein prescribed, the city treasurer shall perform all of the duties required of him by the Charter and ordinances of the city of Burns and such additional duties as may be required of him from time to time by the common council. [Ord. 283 § 6, 1939]