Indiana § 36-5-6.5-5 Town controller duties

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-5-6.5-5 — Town controller duties

Indiana § 36-5-6.5-5

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 5GOVERNMENT OF TOWNS

Ch. 6.5Town Controller

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The town controller 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 town treasury.

(3)Audit and revise all accounts and trusts in which the town is concerned.

(4)Keep separate accounts for each item of appropriation made for each town 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 town legislative body a report of the accounts of the town 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

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The town controller 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 town treasury.
(3) Audit and revise all accounts and trusts in which the town is
concerned.
(4) Keep separate accounts for each item of appropriation made
for each town 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 town
legislative body a report of the accounts of the town 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 town bonds, notes, and warrants.
(8) Keep a register of bonds of the town and of transfers of those
bonds.
(9) Manage the finances and accounts of the town and make
investments of town money, subject to the ordinances of the
legislative body and laws concerning public funds.
(10) Issue town licenses on payment of the license fee.
(11) Collect fees as fixed by ordinance.
(12) Pay into the town treasury, in accordance with the laws
concerning public funds, all fees and other town money collected
by the department, specifying the source of each item.
(13) Prescribe payroll and account forms for all town 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 town council of the failure of any town officer to
collect money due the town or to pay town money into the town
treasury.
(18) Draw warrants on the town treasury for miscellaneous town
expenditures not made under the direction of a department and
not specifically fixed by statute.
(19) If a town owns a utility and the controller is directly
responsible for the billing and collection of that utility's rates and
charges, the controller shall appoint those employees who are also
responsible for that billing and collection. These employees serve
at the controller's pleasure.