Montana § 7-3-4431 - Department Of Finance

§ 7-3-4431. Department Of Finance

Department of finance. (1) The duties of the director of finance include: (a) the keeping and supervision of all accounts and the custody of all public money of the municipality; (b) the purchase, storage, and distribution of supplies needed by the various departments; (c) the making and collection of special assessments; (d) the issuance of licenses; (e) the collection of license fees and taxes; and (f) other duties that the commission may by ordinance require. (2) The director of finance shall install and have supervision over the accounts of all the departments and offices of the municipality. Whenever practicable the books of financial accounts must be kept in the office of the department of finance. The director shall require daily departmental reports of money receipts and the disposition of money and shall require of each department, in a form that may be prescribed, current financial and operating statements exhibiting each transaction and the cost of the transaction. Upon the death, resignation, removal, or expiration of the term of any officer, the director shall examine the accounts of that officer and report the findings to the city manager. (3) The director of finance has charge of the preparation and certification of all special assessments for public improvements, the mailing of notices of the assessments to property owners and purchasers of property under contracts for deed and all other duties connected with the assessments, the collection of assessments that are payable directly to the municipality, and the preparation and certification of all unpaid assessments to the county treasurer for collection. The director shall issue all licenses and collect all license fees and shall deposit the fees into the treasury in the manner provided by ordinance. (4) The director of finance is the custodian of all public money of the municipality and all other public money coming into the director's possession. The director shall keep and preserve the money in the place or places determined by ordinance or by the provisions of any applicable law. Except as otherwise provided in part 43 or this part, the director shall collect, receive, and disburse all public money of the municipality upon warrant and shall also receive and disburse all other public money coming into the director's possession pursuant to regulations that may be prescribed by the authorities having lawful control over the funds.