9-14-17. Records maintained by finance officer--Warrants on treasury--Expense estimates--Contracts.
The municipal finance officer shall keep an office at a place directed by the governing body. The finance officer shall keep the corporate seal, all papers and records of the municipality, and a record of the proceedings of the governing body, whose meetings the finance officer shall attend. The finance officer shall draw and countersign all warrants on the treasury in pursuance of orders or resolutions of the governing body and keep a full and accurate account of all such warrants in books provided for that purpose. The finance officer shall make or cause to be made estimates of the expenses of any work to be done by the municipality and countersign all contracts made on its behalf and certificates of work authorized by any committee of the governing body or by any municipal officer. However, the finance officer may destroy any record which the records destruction board, acting pursuant to §1-27-19, declares to have no further administrative, legal, fiscal, research, or historical value.
Source: PolC 1877, ch 24, §40; CL 1887, §1065; SL 1890, ch 37, art VII, §§1 to 3; RPolC 1903, §§1244, 1246, 1454; SL 1913, ch 119, §§65, 67; RC 1919, §§6285, 6287; SDC 1939, §45.1119; SL 1959, ch 268; SL 1981, ch 45, §8; SL 1995, ch 45, §4; SL 2014, ch 51, §3.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 9 - Municipal Government
Chapter 14 - Municipal Officers And Employees
Section 9-14-2 - Residence requirement for election to office--Exceptions--Defaulters ineligible.
Section 9-14-3 - Appointment of officers.
Section 9-14-4 - Commissions and certificates of appointment.
Section 9-14-6 - Oath of appointive officers--Undertaking.
Section 9-14-6.1 - Amount of finance officer's bond.
Section 9-14-9 - Place of filing of bonds.
Section 9-14-12 - Removal from office of officer appointed by governing board.
Section 9-14-13 - Removal of appointive officers.
Section 9-14-19 - Supervision of municipal accounting system.
Section 9-14-20 - Record of certificates issued for work--Schedule of special tax or assessment.
Section 9-14-22 - Duties of city attorney.
Section 9-14-23 - Employment of attorney--Contract by ordinance or resolution.
Section 9-14-26 - Jurisdiction of municipal peace officers in service of process.
Section 9-14-27 - Additional duties prescribed for municipal officers.
Section 9-14-28 - Salaries and compensation of municipal officers.
Section 9-14-29 - Civil process fees accounted for by policemen.
Section 9-14-31 - Officers and employees covered by insurance authorization.
Section 9-14-32 - Appropriations authorized for cost of insurance.
Section 9-14-33 - Salary deductions for insurance participation.
Section 9-14-34 - Administration of insurance programs.
Section 9-14-35.1 - Flexible spending accounts.
Section 9-14-40 - Housing for police officers and personnel--Terms--Rent.
Section 9-14-42 - Criminal background check of persons seeking employment with municipalities.
Section 9-14-43 - City fire department employees--Hours of employment.