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CHAPTER 6 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE Section 6-6.1.Organization. There shall be a department of finance consisting of the director of finance and the necessary staff. (2000, Prop. 2, sec. 1.) Section 6-6.2.Appointment and Removal. The director of finance shall be appointed by the mayor, confirmed by the council and may be removed by the mayor.The finance director shall have had a minimum of five years of training and experience in budgeting or related fields, at least three years of which shall have been in a responsible supervisory capacity. A deputy finance director shall have had a minimum of three years of training and experience in a responsible financial position. (1979, Prop. 12; 2000, Prop. 2, sec. 1andProp. 7, sec. 1.) Section 6-6.3.Powers, Duties and Functions. The director of finance shall be the finance officer of the county and shall: (a)Assist the mayor in the preparation and execution of the operating budget, operating program and capital budget. (b)Collect special assessments as provided by and subject to law. (c)Negotiate loans and the issuance and sale of bonds and notes when authorized by the council; maintain records of county indebtedness and have charge of the payment of interest and principal thereon. (d)Have custody of all public funds belonging to or under the control of the county, county agency or executive agency, and deposit all such funds in banks or trust companies designated as depositories by resolution of the council, subject to the requirements imposed by law as to surety and payment of interest, which interest shall accrue to the benefit of the public and shall be credited to the proper fund and account. (e)Examine all contracts, orders and other documents by which financial obligations are incurred, and every such document shall be subject to approval by the director of finance but the director of finance shall not approve unless the director of finance first verifies the appropriation, allotment and availability of funds to meet the obligation concerned and verifies thereto as provided in Section10-11. (f)Prepare and issue warrants, prepare payrolls and pension rolls and disburse all funds in the county treasury. No money shall be paid out of the treasury unless the finance director first verifies the appropriation, allotment and availability of funds to cover the claim concerned and certifies thereto as provided in Section 10-11 and thendetermines that such claim is regular in form, correctly computed and constitutes a legal obligation. (g)Maintain a general accounting system for the county and require all county agencies and executive agencies to report and remit all receipts to the finance director as often as thefinance director deems desirable. 17