Chapter 3.13 — OFFICE OF FINANCE DIRECTOR/TREASURER

The office of finance director/treasurer of the city of Burlingame is created and established. The finance director/treasurer shall be appointed by the city manager with the approval of the city council. (Ord. 940 § 1, (1971); Ord. 1489 § 2, (1993))

The finance director/treasurer, subject to the direction and supervision of the city manager, shall promote, secure and preserve the financial and property interests of the city, and shall have the following powers and perform the following duties:

(a) Administer the financial affairs of the city, under the direction of the city manager.

(b) Be the accounting officer of the city, maintain a general accounting system and records
readily reflecting the financial condition of the city, and prepare and present to the city
manager and city council all financial statements and reports required by the city council
or the city manager.

(c) Be responsible for the preparation of all vouchers for payment, and the preparation of the
register of demands, along with the preparation and handling of the city payroll.

(d) Before payment, audit and approve all bills, invoices, payrolls, demands or charges against
the city, and, with the advice of the city attorney when necessary, determine the regularity,
legality and correctness of all claims, demands or charges.

(e) Receive from the various officers and department heads of the city the annual budget
requests, and in conjunction with the city manager, compile the annual budget for
submission to the city council.

(f) Enforce the licensing and business tax provisions of the city ordinances.

(g) Be the ex officio tax collector and except for the collection of ad valorem property taxes
and assessments for municipal improvements, and as provided for in Chapter 4.05 and
elsewhere in this code, collect all taxes levied by the city and deposit them as required by
law.

(h) Perform all other duties as required by other city ordinances, resolutions and state laws
governing fiscal administration.

(i) Serve in any appointed office or position within the city government as appointed by the
city manager, and hold and perform the duties thereof at the pleasure of the city manager
and without further compensation except as expressly provided by the city manager at the
time of such appointment or thereafter.

(j) Perform such other duties and exercise such other powers as are necessarily incident to the
above duties and powers, or as may be assigned or delegated to the finance director/
treasurer from time to time by the city manager.
(Ord. 940 § 1, (1971); Ord. 1489 § 2, (1993); Ord. 1637 § 14, (2000))

Pursuant to Sections 53607, 53608, 53621, and 53684 of the Government Code, the authority to invest and reinvest money of the city, to sell or exchange securities so purchased, and to deposit such securities for safekeeping is delegated to the finance director/treasurer. This delegation includes investments made pursuant to section 53609 of the Government Code. (Ord. 1489 § 2, (1993); Ord. 1637 § 14, (2000))

The finance director/treasurer is authorized to purchase, at their original sale or after they have been issued, securities which are permissible investments under Sections 53601, 53635, and 53684 of the Government Code, as they now read or may hereafter be amended, from money in the finance director/treasurer's custody which is not required for the immediate necessities of the city and as the finance director/treasurer may deem wise and expedient, and to sell or exchange for other eligible securities and reinvest the proceeds of the securities so purchased. The finance director/treasurer shall make a monthly report of all such investments to the city council. (Ord. 1489 § 2, (1993); Ord. 1637 § 15, (2000))

From time to time the city treasurer shall redeem the securities in which city money has been invested pursuant to Section 3.13.050 so that the proceeds may be applied to the purposes for which the original purchase money was designated or placed in the city treasury. (Ord. 1489 § 2, (1993))

Bonds issued by the city and purchased pursuant to Section 3.13.050 may be canceled either in satisfaction of sinking fund obligations or otherwise; provided, however, that the bonds may be held uncanceled and while so held may be resold. (Ord. 1489 § 2, (1993))

The finance director/treasurer is authorized to deposit for safekeeping with a trust company or a state or national bank or with the Federal Bank of San Francisco or any branch thereof or with any Federal Reserve Bank, or with any state or national bank located in any city designated as a reserve city by the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System, the securities in which the city money has been invested pursuant to Section 3.13.050; provided, however, that the finance director/treasurer shall take from such trust company or bank a receipt for the securities so deposited and shall not be responsible for such securities delivered to and receipted for by such trust company or bank until they are withdrawn therefrom by the finance director/treasurer. (Ord. 1489 § 2, (1993))