7-3-4431. Department of finance. (1) The duties of the director of finance shall include the keeping and supervision of all accounts and the custody of all public money of the municipality; the purchase, storage, and distribution of supplies needed by the various departments; the making and collection of special assessments; the issuance of licenses; the collection of license fees and taxes; and such other duties as the commission may by ordinance require.
     (2) He shall install and have supervision over the accounts of all the departments and offices of the municipality. Whenever practicable the books of financial accounts shall be kept in the office of the department of finance. He shall require daily departmental reports of money receipts and the disposition thereof and shall require of each, in such form as may be prescribed, current financial and operating statements exhibiting each transaction and the cost thereof. Upon the death, resignation, removal, or expiration of the term of any officer, he shall examine the accounts of such officer and report his findings to the city manager.
     (3) He shall have charge of the preparation and certification of all special assessments for public improvements, the mailing of notices of such assessments to property owners and purchasers of property under contracts for deed and all other duties connected therewith, the collection of such assessments as are payable directly to the municipality, and the preparation and certification of all unpaid assessments to the county treasurer for collection. He shall issue all licenses and collect all fees therefor and shall pay the same into the treasury in the manner provided by ordinance.
     (4) The director of finance shall be the custodian of all public money of the municipality and all other public money coming into his hands. He shall keep and preserve such money in the place or places determined by ordinance or by the provisions of any law applicable thereto. Except as otherwise provided in this part or part 43, he shall collect, receive, and disburse all public money of the municipality upon warrant and shall also receive and disburse all other public money coming into his hands in pursuance of such regulations as may be prescribed by the authorities having lawful control over such funds.

     History: En. Sec. 68, Ch. 152, L. 1917; re-en. Sec. 5466, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 31, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5466, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3267(1) thru (3), (5), (7); amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 526, L. 1983.