Chapter II, Section VI - Town Treasurer

Sec. 2-6-1.    Appointment.

The Board of Trustees, at its first regular meeting after each biennial election, shall appoint some qualified person as Town Treasurer.  In case a vacancy should occur in the office of Town Treasurer, the Board shall appoint a Town Treasurer for the unexpired term.  The Board may in its discretion appoint the Town Clerk or Town Administrator as Town Treasurer.

Sec. 2-6-2.    Oath and bond.

Before entering upon the duties of the office, the Town Treasurer shall take an oath of office and furnish a surety bond in the amount of fifty thousand dollars (,000.00), to be approved by the Board of Trustees, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her duties as Town Treasurer and that, when he or she shall vacate such office, he or she will turn over and deliver to his or her successor all monies, books, papers, property or things belonging to the Town of Eaton and remaining in his or her charge as Town Treasurer.

Sec. 2-6-3.    Duties.

The Town Treasurer shall perform the following duties:

1. The Town Treasurer shall receive all monies belonging to the Town and give receipts therefor; shall keep his or her books and accounts in such manner as may be prescribed by the Board; shall keep a separate account of each fund or appropriation and the debts and credits belonging thereto; and shall report to the Board, at each regular monthly meeting thereof, the state of the treasury at the date of such account and the balance of money in the treasury.  He or she shall also accompany such statement of accounts with a statement of all monies received in the treasury deemed and paid by him or her, and such warrant and their supporting vouchers shall be delivered and filed in the Town Clerk's office upon every day of such statement.  All books and accounts of the Town Treasurer shall always be subject to inspection of any member of the Board.
2. Town Treasurer's annual report.  Annually within sixty (60) days after the close of the fiscal year, the Town Treasurer shall make out and file with the Town Clerk a full and detailed account of all receipts and expenditures of the Town, and all of his or her transactions as Town Treasurer during the preceding fiscal year, and shall show in such account the state of the treasury at the close of the fiscal year.
3. If there shall be no funds in his or her hands for the payment of any Town warrant presented to him or her for such payment, it shall be his or her duty to register such warrants in a book to be kept by him or her for that purpose, and he or she shall endorse upon all such warrants so presented to him or her the time and date of such registry.  Whenever he or she shall pay such warrant, he or she shall enter the payment and the amount of interest allowed or paid on such warrant in the registry.
4. He or she shall perform all other duties, keep all records and make all reports that are required by other provisions of this Code or by the laws of the State of Colorado.