Anyone classified as temporary or interim pursuant to this Request for Proposals shall carry out the duties set forth below along with such other duties as are required by law: • Serve as custodian of all public funds. • Assist in preparing the annual budget. • Ensure proper and accurate preparation, posting, maintenance, and reconciliation, as applicable, of all books, ledgers, schedules, statements, reports, and other records pertaining to municipal or county finances. All financial schedules and, as applicable, other records shall be prepared in such a manner as to facilitate audit review. • Maintain and monitor separate accounts for all budgeted appropriations and anticipated revenue. • Prepare year-end reports on all revenues and expenditures and provide the governing body with periodic status reports for all budget revenues and appropriations as they correspond to the annual adopted budget. • Develop and implement and/or maintain a system of internal controls to safeguard assets and monitor compliance, including: o Documentation of internal accounting control processes, procedures and authorizations, with regular review and evaluation of the same. o Training all relevant personnel, including, but not limited to, department heads and/or others, in positions of approval. o Administration and oversight of claim payment procedures; and o Supervising petty cash accounts and change funds; and • Prepare, analyze, and/or review monthly reports of the treasurer, tax collector, financial reports of other departments, and on all investments. • Assist the Administration and Governing Body in developing fiscal policy, including preparing projections and calculations to support long-term plans concerning revenue, appropriations, surplus, the tax levy and caps thereon and, the municipal budget appropriations cap.
