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• Section 2-64. Election; term. The city council shall appoint a director of finance, who shall hold kis office at the pleasure of the city council and be removable at the will of the city council. Section 2-65. Powers and duties. (a) The director of finance shall supervise the fiscal affairs of the city and shall manage the same in the manner required by the city council. (b) He or she shall have-the-snpervisien-ef supervise the fiscal affairs of all departments and officers of the city who shall collect, receive or disburse the public moneys, or who are charged with the custody or management thereof, and may, at any time, require from any of them an account in writing of any or all moneys or property of the city intrusted to them or under their control. He or she shall, immediately upon the discovery of any default, irregularity or delinquency, report the same to the city council. He or she shall have power to prescribe the form and manner of keeping all such accounts unless otherwise provided by state law. (c) The director of finance shall perform such other duties as are or may hereafter be required of him or her by the city council. • Section 2-69. Eelleetien Issuance of gas and water bills; collection of delinquent bills. The director of finance shall cause all gas and water meters to be read and shall notify each customer of the amount of water and gas bills due by such customer to the city and that the amount is due and payable net-tater-then-the-fifteenth-dey-after-the-bi��-is-rendered-end upon presentation and shall be considered to be in arrears if not paid by the next billing date. He or she shall be responsible for the collection of Section 2-71. Examination of claims; warrants generally. The director of finance shall examine all claims and demands for or against the city, and no money shall be drawn from the treasury or paid to any person, unless the balance so due or payable be first audited, adjusted or determined by the director of finance. All accounts so audited and approved by the director of finance shall be paid by drawing his or her warrant on the treasurer, stating to whom payable, on what account and the particular appropriation from which the same is payable, and no money shall be drawn from the treasury except upon the warrant of the director of finance as aforesaid. In no other case shall any warrant be drawn by the director of finance for the payment of money, unless the same is authorized by some ordinance or resolution of the city . council, making a special appropriation to the person or department in whose behalf the same is drawn. APPROVED BY COUNCIL AUGUST 1, 1983 /�1 C�K OF COUNCIL 83-7-21