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,
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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.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 191h day of August, 2020.
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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
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