Downey Municipal Code Ch. 3 Other Officers and Employees

Pursuant to the authority granted by Section 51501 of the Government Code of the State of California, the assessment and tax collection duties performed by the City Assessor and Tax Collector hereby are transferred to the Assessor and Tax Collector of the County of Los Angeles.

The offices of City Assessor and Tax Collector hereby are abolished.

Pursuant to the authority granted by Section 51507 of the Government Code of the State, the duties of the City Assessor, other than the assessing of City property and the duties of the Tax Collector, other than the collection of taxes, hereby are transferred to and shall be performed by the City Clerk, or such officer of the County of Los Angeles as may by contract with the City be designated and authorized to perform such duties.

Any applications required to be filed with the City or fees required to be paid to the City, pursuant to the provisions of this Code, shall be filed with or paid to the City Clerk, unless otherwise by this Code provided.

The City Clerk and City Treasurer are each hereby required to execute to the City, official bonds in the following penal sums hereinafter set forth. Such bonds, or renewals, or substitutes thereof shall be maintained and kept in force by the incumbents of said offices during the entire time that they shall occupy said offices respectively. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the City. The terms of such bonds shall not exceed one year.

City Clerk. The sum of whose bond shall be $5,000.00.

City Treasurer. The sum of whose bond shall be $50,000.00.

The offices and positions in the City employment, other than those created or established by State law or by this Code, shall be fixed and established by resolution of the City Council.

The salaries and compensation of officers and employees of the City shall be as fixed and determined by resolution of the City Council, except those fixed herein.

The City Clerk, City Treasurer and City Attorney shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the City Council.

There is hereby created and established the office of Director of Finance.

The Director of Finance shall be the head of the Finance Department of the City and shall have the power and shall be required to:

(a) Have charge of the administration of the financial affairs of the City under the direction of the City Manager.

(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.

From the effective date of the budget, the several amounts stated therein as proposed expenditures shall be and become appropriated to the several departments, offices and agencies for the respective objects and purposes therein named. All appropriations shall lapse at the end of the fiscal year to the extent that they shall not have been expended or lawfully encumbered.

At any meeting after the adoption of the budget, the City Council may amend or supplement the budget by motion adopted by the affirmative votes of at least three members so as to authorize the transfer of unused balances appropriated for one purpose to another purpose or to appropriate available funds not included in the budget.

(e) 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.

(f) Supervise the keeping of current inventories of all property of the City by all City departments, offices and agencies.

(g) Perform all the financial and accounting duties heretofore imposed upon the City Clerk, and the City Clerk shall be relieved of such duties, including all such duties imposed upon the City Clerk by Article 1 of Chapter 4, Part 2, Division 3, Title 4 and by Sections 40802 through 40805 of the Government Code of the State of California.

(h) Perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by law or by this Code.

The Director of Finance shall execute a bond to the City as required of the City Clerk by the provisions of Section 36518 of the Government Code of the State of California and in the amount of $50,000.00.