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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 971 ORDINANCE N0 . !92 / AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE BUSINESS OFFICE OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS , DEFINING ITS FUNCTIONS , AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES♦ BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVIIIE, ARKANSAS : Section 1 . There is hereby created the Business Office of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas , which office shall perform the functions set out in Section 2 hereof . Section 2. The Business Office of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas - shall perform the following functions : it shall collect a4l revenues due to the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas , whether from general advalorem taxes , special advalorem taxes , revenues , whether water, sewer or sanitation and all licenses , fees and permit charges as well as all inspection charges and all other monies due to the City of Fayetteville, whether from tax sources , persons, firms or corporations , public or private , except that where the general statutes of the State of Arkansas specifically require e� that any of the above enumerated funds be paid to any other officer or agency, the terms of such general statute shall not be affected by the terms of this ordinance and this ordinance shall not in any wise be construed to conflict with any such general statutes . Section 3. The Business Office shall be supervised by an auditor whose duty it shall be to see that all funds paid into the City of Fayetteville from whatever source are credited to the proper accounts and to keep accurate statement of accounts on all funds paid into the City of Fayetteville and to ascertain prior to the issuance of any warrants, checks or vouchers against said funds that . such warrants , checks or vouchers are drawn on the proper funds and that funds are available , in the proper account for the purpose of the payment of such warrants , • sho// checks and vouchers and 1W such warrant , check or voucher alk be approved by the Business Office and the approval endorsed upon such warrant, check or voucher, as the case may be, which approval shall imply that the warrant, check or voucher is drawn on the proper fund in the proper amount as fixed by the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas or such other branch of the municipal government as may be authorized to determine the amounts , and that' funds are on deposit in said account sufficient to pay the approved warrant , check or voucher MICROFILMED 1978 DATE OCT 6 REEL�Z��_ but no other or further significance shall be attached to the approval of the business office, it not being the intention of this section to deprive the executive.. legislative and administrative officers of any of their prerogatives as prescribed by the general laws applicable to municipal corporations and to cities of the first class in the State of Arkansas . Section 4. In all cases where sending of statements are required or may be ordered by the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, the Business Office shall cause such statements to be prepared and to mail them to persons entitled to receive such statements of account . Section 5 . All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed and if any part , section, paragraph , sentence, clause, phrase or word of this ordinance shall be held to be invalid, it shall not thereby affect the remaining portions of this ordinance; it being the expressed intention of this Council that they would have passed said ordinance with such invalid parts striker therefrom. Section 6 . It, appearing that there is presently a great duplication of services insofar as the collection of revenues in the City of Fayette- ville are concerned and it being to the advantage of the citizens of the City of Fayetteville that such duplication of services be eliminated and that all of the collecting and disbursing of finds be paid out of one office, and in order to effect an economical. system in the municipal government and to keep accurate statements of accounts on all funds in the City of Fayetteville, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage , approval and publication. PASSED and APPROVED this It day of June, 1950 . CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ATTEST : Y . B City Clerk Mayor pro tem (Seal)