§ 36-4-10-5 — Second class cities; fiscal officer; duties

(a) This section applies to second class cities.
(b) The fiscal officer is the head of the city department of finance.
The fiscal officer shall do the following:
(1) Prescribe the form of reports and accounts to be submitted to
the department.
(2) Sign and issue all warrants on the city treasury.
(3) Audit and revise all accounts and trusts in which the city is
concerned.
(4) Keep separate accounts for each item of appropriation made
for each city department, including a statement showing the
amount drawn on each appropriation, the unpaid contracts
charged against it, and the balance remaining.
(5) At the end of each fiscal year, submit under oath to the city
legislative body a report of the accounts of the city published in
pamphlet form and showing revenues, receipts, expenditures, and
the sources of revenues.
(6) Maintain custody of the records of the department and turn
them over to the fiscal officer's successor in office.
(7) Perform duties prescribed by statute concerning the
negotiation of city bonds, notes, and warrants.
(8) Keep a register of bonds of the city and of transfers of those
bonds.
(9) Manage the finances and accounts of the city and make
investments of city money, subject to the ordinances of the
legislative body.
(10) Issue city licenses on payment of the license fee.
(11) Collect fees as fixed by ordinance.
(12) Pay into the city treasury, once each week, all fees and other
city money collected by the department during the preceding
week, specifying the source of each item.
(13) Prescribe payroll and account forms for all city offices.
(14) Prescribe the manner in which salaries shall be drawn.
(15) Prescribe the manner in which creditors, officers, and
employees shall be paid.
(16) Provide that all salaries are payable monthly, unless the
legislative body establishes more frequent payments.
(17) Notify the city executive of the failure of any city officer to
collect money due the city or to pay city money into the city
treasury.
(18) Draw warrants on the city treasury for miscellaneous city
expenditures not made under the direction of a department and
not specifically fixed by statute.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-1-6-10
part; 18-1-6-11 part; 18-1-6-12 part; 18-2-1-11 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by
P.L.189-1988, SEC.3.