§ 42. Fiscal rules and procedure.  


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  • The village manager shall have charge of the administration of financial affairs of the village and to that end he shall have authority and shall be required to:

    (1)

    Compile the current expense estimates for the budget;

    (2)

    Compile the capital estimates for the budget;

    (3)

    Supervise and be responsible for the disbursement of all moneys and have control over all expenditures to ensure that budget appropriations are not exceeded;

    (4)

    Maintain a general accounting system for the village government and each of its offices and departments; keep books for and exercise financial budgetary control over each office and department; keep separate accounts for the items of appropriation contained in the village budget, each of which accounts shall share the amount of the appropriation, the amounts paid therefrom, the unpaid obligations against it and the unencumbered balance; require reports of receipts and disbursements from each receiving and suspending agency of the village government to be made daily or at such intervals as he may deem expedient;

    (5)

    Submit to the council a monthly statement of all receipts and disbursements in sufficient detail to show the exact financial condition of the village;

    (6)

    Supervise and be responsible for the assessment of all real and personal property within the corporate limits of the village for taxation; make all special assessments for the village government, prepare tax maps and give such notice of taxes and special assessments as may be required by law;

    (7)

    Collect all taxes, special assessments, license fees and other revenues of the village or for whose collection the village is responsible and receive all money receivable by the village from the state or federal government, or from any court, or from any office or department of the village;

    (8)

    Have custody of all public funds belonging to or under control of the village, or any office or department of the village government, and deposit all funds coming into his hands in such depositories as may be designated by resolution of the council, subject to the requirements of law as to the surety, and the payment of interest on deposits, but all such interest shall be the property of the village and shall be accounted for and credited to the proper account;

    (9)

    Have custody of all investments and invested funds of the village government, or in possession of such government funds in a fiduciary capacity, and have the safekeeping of all bonds and notes of the village and the receipt and delivery of village bonds and notes for transfer, registration or exchange;

    (10)

    Approve all proposed expenditures; but unless he shall certify that there is an unencumbered balance of appropriation and available funds, no appropriation shall be encumbered and no expenditure shall be made.