§ 4-408 — Treasurer

§ 4-408 Treasurer. The treasurer of each village shall be the chief\nfiscal officer of the village and it shall be his responsibility to:\n a. have custody of all moneys belonging to the village, and keep\naccounts of all receipts and expenditures in conformance with a uniform\nsystem of accounts formulated and prescribed by the state comptroller\npursuant to section thirty-six of the general municipal law.\n b. deposit, within ten days after receipt thereof, in the name of the\nvillage, in a bank or trust company designated by the board of trustees,\nall monies received by him;\n c. he may sign checks with the facsimile signature of the treasurer,\nas reproduced by a machine or device commonly known as a checksigner,\nwhen authorized by resolution or local law of the board of trustees;\n d. pay out monies in the village treasury only as authorized by\nsections 5-524 and 5-526 of this chapter, unless in pursuance of a\njudgment or order of a court. All such payments, except as authorized by\nsection 5-526 shall be by check;\n e. file in the office of the village clerk, within sixty days after\nthe end of the fiscal year, a statement showing in detail all revenues\nand expenditures during the previous fiscal year and the outstanding\nindebtedness of the village as of the end of the fiscal year, except\nthat the village treasurer, if authorized by the board of trustees, may,\nwithin the time period prescribed in section thirty of the general\nmunicipal law, submit to the village clerk a copy of the annual report\nrequired by section thirty of the general municipal law, provided,\nhowever, that if the time for the filing of the annual report has been\nextended by the state comptroller as provided in the said statute, then\nthe time for submitting a copy of the report to the village clerk\nsimilarly shall be extended. The board of trustees shall, within ten\ndays, cause to be published in the official newspaper either a notice\nthat the annual financial statement has been filed and is available for\ninspection or a summary of such statement in a form approved by the\nstate comptroller, with an endorsement thereon that details thereof are\non file in the office of the village clerk. The board of trustees shall\naudit, or cause to be audited by an officer or employee of the village\nor by a certified public accountant or a public accountant engaged for\nthat purpose, such report and supporting records;\n f. shall also perform such other duties not inconsistent with his\noffice as shall be determined by resolution or local law of the board of\ntrustees.\n