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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 553 ORDINANCE N0 . � tr 8/ AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED " AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE OFFICE OF `CITY COLLECTOR , PRESCRIBING HIS DUTIES , AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES . " BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE , ARKANSAS : SECTION I . That , for the purpose of having all taxes and licenses and privildge fees , and other moneys due the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas , properly collected , the office of City Collector is hereby created . SECTION II . Said City Collector shall , immediately after the passage , approval and publication of this Ordinance , be appointed by the Mayor of the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas , said appointment to be effective when confirmed by the City Council of said City of Fayetteville , Arkansas . Said City Collector shall hold his office until the first regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas , held after the first Tuesday in Apri1 , 192�, or until his successor shall be duly appointed and confirmed . Provided , that at the first regular meeting of the City Council , after the first Tuesday in Apri1 , 192roand at the corresponding meeting thereafter each,.vear� the Mayor shall appoint a City Col- lector , whose appointment shall be effective when confirmed by the City Council , and who shall hold his office for the term of ZU year as above provided . Provided further , that the said City Collector may be removed from office , by a vote of the majority of the City Council , for inefficiency,malfeasance or misfeasance in office . SECTION III. It shall be the duty of the City Collector to keep an accurate account of all moneys received by him, in a book pro- vided for that purpose , showing the names of the person or persons from whom the same is collected , the date of payment , and the pur- pose and cause for which the same is paid; and for each separate sum so collected ,he shall issue duplicate receipts , consecutively num bered. phiCROFIIa J' 'i i 0 REEL -, Page " 2 . SECTION IV. It shall also be the duty of the City Collector to collect all license and privildge fees of whatsoever nature and kind; and upon payment of the required amount there £or , to deliver to the per- son entitled thereto , the proper printed license and to also deliver to the person paying for and receiving such license , a duplicate receipt showing the date of the payment , the name of the person making the pay- ment , and the kind of license or privilege for which the payment is made . SECTION V. It shall also be the duty of the City Collector to make and prepare a list of the names of all persons in the City who are engaged in any profession , business trade , or avocation for which a license or a privilege permit is required, and said list shall show the kind of profession , business , trade , avocation in which each person so listed is engaged . Upon the completion of said list , it shall be the duty of the City Collector to proceed at once to the collection of such licenses or privilege taxes on such dates as are , or may hereafter be ordained by the City Council . In case of the failure or the refusal of any such person liable theregor , to pay such license or privilege tax , it shall be the duty of the City Collector to report such person to the Police Judge or to the Chief of Police for violation of the City Ordinance , and thereupon the City Attorney shall be required to file an affidavit against such person and causd him to be proceeded against in the Police Courts of the City. SECTION VI. It shall also be the duty of the ` City Collector to collect all rents and forfeitures that may be due the City; to collect all judgments obtained by the City ; to collect all other moneys and depts that may be due or become due to the City. SECTION VII . It shall also be the duty of the City Collector to collect. all rents' due the : City Water - Plant for the _ use• of water , fur-, . nished - to the inhabitants,,- of the City of Fayetteville by said Water Plant , and to deposit such funds in such Bank or Banks . as he may be directed by The Water Board of the City of Fayetteville ; to collect all assessments due or to become due on various Street , Sewer . or other kinds or classes of Improvement Districts that are now formed or that may be formed in the City of Fayetteville , and after such funds have been so collected by the City Collector ,he shall deposit the funds .- each separate Improvement District in such Bank or Banks as he may be directed by the several Commissioners of the respective Improvement Page 3 . Districts . For the collection of the aforesaid assessments due said Improvement Districts , a fee of One Per Centum of such collections shall be paid to The City Collector ; in like manner a fee of Two Per Centum *of Water all rents for the use of water furnished inhabitants by the City Plant , collected by the City Collector shall be paid to the City Collector and the money derived from these two sources shall be paid into the City Treas - urer' by the City Collector and by the City Treasurer placed in a separate a fund for the payment or the partial payment of the salary of the City Collector as hereinafter provided. Until such a time as the separate fund provided for above is sufficient to meet the monthly salary of the City Collector , one - third ( 1/3 ) of such monthly salary shall be paid from the General Fund of the City and two-thirds ( 2/3 ) of such monthly salary shall be paid by the Water Board od the City. SECTION VIII . It shall also be the duty of said City Collector to turn over to the City Treasurer , at least enoh each week , all the moneys in his hands , taking the Treasurer ' s receipt in duplicate for the same , which re- ceiptsshall show the fund to which- same belongs , one` of which receipts / shall e filed with the City Clerk , and the other the City Collector shall retain for his own files . And the said City Collector , at the first reg- ular meeting of the City Council , each month, shall make a full report of all his official transcations since his last report . The City Collector shall also make a report quarterly to the City Council with the receipts x: of the City Treasurer as vouchers for the amounts so paid by the City Col- lector to the City Treasurer . SECTION IX . , The Said City Collector shall be required to furnish a good and sufficient bond to the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas , for the faith- ful performance of all his duties as suc (- Collector , and in such amount or amounts as may be , from time to time , fixed by the City Council of the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas . SECTION X. The said City Collector shall receive for his services as such the sum of Two Hundred-Twenty-Five ( $225 . 00 ) Dollars per month, and said monthly salary may be increased or decreased from time to time by the City Council . The said City Collector shall be empvwered , by and with the approval of the City Council , to appoint a Deputy City Collector , and from his monthly salary of Two Hundred-Twenty-Five Dollars , he shall pay the salary of said Deputy City Collector . ? A ap a Page 4 . SECTION XI. The Office of the City Collector shall be kept open for the transaction of business continually from 8 : 00 otalock A . M. " to 5 : 00 o ' clock P . M. " each day of the year , Sundays and legal holi— days excepted , and the City Collector or *dg( the Deputy City Collec- tor shall be present in the Office the entire . time of the above spec- ified hours . SECTION XII . All Ordinances , and parts of Ordinances , in conflict here- with be , and the same are hereby repealed , and this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage , approval , and publication. Passed and approved this 3 6 D-day of March, 1925 , Attest : do 4 Approved : - - - - -- - - - -- CLERK. MAYOR . 0