§ 2-154. Position of budget officer created; qualifications, appointment, duties, bond.

There is hereby created the position of municipal budget officer, who shall be qualified and appointed by the commissioner of finance and accounts; and with the advice and consent of the city council, which municipal budget officer shall have the powers, duties and responsibilities enumerated in the above sections of the Illinois Revised Statutes, as they are now, or may hereafter be amended. The municipal budget officer shall give a bond in such sum as may be required by statute. The duties of said municipal budget officer shall be as provided by the Illinois Revised Statutes and shall include, but not be limited to, the following duties:

(a)

Prepare and encourage the use of efficient planning, budgeting, auditing, reporting, accounting and other fiscal management procedures.

(b)

Compile an annual budget in accordance with the ordinances of the city.

(c)

Examine all books and records of all municipal departments, commissions and boards which relate to monies received by the municipality, municipal departments, commissions, boards and paid out by the municipality, municipal departments, commissions and boards, debits, accounts receivable, amounts owed by or to the municipality, municipal departments, commissions and boards.

(d)

Obtain such additional information from the municipality, municipal departments, commissions and boards as may be useful for purposes of compiling an annual budget, such information to be furnished by the municipality, municipal departments, commissions and boards in the form required.

(e)

Establish and maintain such procedures as shall ensure that no expenditures are made by municipal departments, commissions or boards, except as authorized by the budget.

(Ord. No. 451-A, § 2, 3-26-84)