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HomeMy WebLinkAbout971 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 971 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, DEFINING THE FUNCTIONS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY TREASURER A. RECITALS. (i) Section 2.08.100 of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code provides that the City Treasurer is an independent elected City official. (ii) Section 2.08.210 of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code provides that the City Treasurer shall assist the City Manager in administering the affairs of the City efficiently and harmoniously. (iii) Section 2.08.140 of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code charges the City Manager with the responsibility to keep the City Council fully advised of the financial condition and needs of the City at all times. (iv) Section 2.08.150 of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code requires the City Manager to prepare and submit the proposed annual budget to the City Council for its approval. (v) Section 2.08.160 of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code requires the City Manager to see that every City expenditure recommended to the City Council for the purchasing of supplies shall have been approved by the City Manager or his or her authorized representative. (vi) The specific functions and obligations of the City Treasurer are contained in over 100 state statutes as well as in this Municipal Code. (vii) It is the intent of this Council to adopt this Ordinance so that the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code succinctly delineates the basic functions and obligations of the City Treasurer in accordance with the above-referenced legislative provisions while ensuring that the City Treasurer works in partnership with the City Manager and the City Council to provide effective, efficient and timely governmental services. B. ORDINANCE. NOW, THEREFORE, it hereby is ordained by the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga as follows: Section 1. Section 2.08.280 hereby is added to the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code to read as follows: "2.08.280. Functions and Obligations of the City Treasurer "A. The primary and core functions of the City Treasurer are to collect, maintain, invest and expend funds of the City of Rancho Cucamonga as prescribed in this Municipal Code and in accordance with the provisions of state legislation. In performing those functions, Ordinance No. 971 - Page 1 of 3 the City Treasurer is obligated to do so in accordance with the appropriate processing of proposed expenditures by the City Manager and his or her staff and in accordance with the decisions of the City Council made in adopting budgets and approving specific expenditures. "13. The City Treasurer position is not full time and does not include staffing, or an office, and access to the City's computer network is restricted to ensure network security. Accordingly, day-to-day activity of the City Treasurer is accomplished working in partnership with City staff, in particular the City Manager and Finance Director, as well as regular delegation of duties to the Deputy City Treasurer/Deputy City Manager while providing appropriate high-level review of the actions taken in support of the Treasury function by the abovementioned individuals. "C. The City Treasurer should be reasonably satisfied that all required processing procedures performed by the City Manager or his or her staff and any required approval of the City Council support the City Treasurer in turn processing and placing his or her required signature on City of Rancho Cucamonga checks and other forms of payment. The City Treasurer is not authorized to audit or attempt to modify decisions made by the City Manager or his or her staff or the City Council which support a City of Rancho Cucamonga expenditure of funds." Section 2. The City Clerk shall certify the passage of this Ordinance. Ordinance No. 971 - Page 2 of 3 PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 191h day of August, 2020. nne B. ennedy, or Pro Tern ATTEST: dxa-�� :,a. &W� nice C. Reynolds, CIEK STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA ) I, JANICE C. REYNOLDS, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 5th day of August 2020, and was passed at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 19th day of August 2020. AYES: Hutchison, Kennedy, Scott, Spagnolo NOES: None ABSENT: Michael ABSTAINED: None Executed this 20th day of August 2020, at Rancho Cucamonga, California. Janice C. Reynolds, Clerk Ordinance No. 971 - Paqe 3 of 3