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AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE A SEPARATE OFFICE OF CITY COLLECTOR FOR THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, TO DEFINE THE DUTIES OF SAID OFFICE, PRESCRIBE THE METHOD OF FILLING SAID OFFICE AND PROVIDING FOR DEPUTIES, PRESCRIBE THE BOND REQUIRED OF THE CITY COLLECTOR AND HIS DEPUTIES, PRESCRIBE THE MANNER OF FIXING SALARY OF THE CITY COLLECTOR AND HIS DEPUTIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
SECTION 1. Section 22 of Carroll’s Digest of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Jonesboro is hereby repealed and there is hereby created a separate office of City Collector of the City of Jonesboro and Chief of Police shall no longer serve as ex-officio Collector of the City of Jonesboro.
SECTION 2. Immediately upon the passage of this ordinance, the City Council shall appoint some responsible person as City Collector of the City of Jonesboro, who shall serve for a term of two years, unless sooner removed for good cause shown or until his successor shall be appointed and qualify.
SECTION 3. The City Collector shall take an oath to faithfully discharge the duties of his office, and shall make and file with the City Clerk a bond to be approved by the City Council in the sum of $50,000.00 conditioned that he shall faithfully discharge the duties of his office, for well and truly accounting for and paying over all moneys; and turning over his successor in office all books, papers, records and other property coming into his hands or possession by virtue of the office.
SECTION 4. It shall be the duty of said City Collector to maintain an office provided for him by the City of Jonesboro and to receive for the City of Jonesboro all moneys and/or property payable or due to the City of Jonesboro, to receipt for same in the name of the City of Jonesboro, and properly turnover said moneys to the City Treasurer of the City of Jonesboro not less often than once every fifteen (15) days; to diligently collect all moneys and property known by him to be due to the City of Jonesboro from any and all persons, firms and corporations known by him to owe the City of Jonesboro for any reason whatsoever; and to diligently determine and learn those persons, firms and corporations that are indebted to the City of Jonesboro for any reason. It shall be the duty of said City Collector, insofar as it is possible and practical so to do, to send statements and/or notices of amounts or items due the City of Jonesboro to those indebted the City of Jonesboro for any reason whatsoever. The City Collector shall file with the City Clerk on the first day of each month a report to the City Council of the work of his office for the preceding month showing all moneys and property collected, from what sources and for what purposes.
SECTION 5. The said City Collector, with prior approval of the City Council, may appoint such number of deputies as are needed from time to time and as to such need approval is secured from the City Council, and said appointments shall be subject to approval and confirmation by the City Council, such appointments to last during the will and pleasure of the City Council and to automatically terminate at the expiration of the term of office of the City Collector. Any such Deputy City Collector shall make and file with the City Collector a bond to be approved by the City Council in the sum of $10,000.00, conditioned that he shall faithfully discharge the duties of his office, for well and truly accounting for an paying over all moneys, and turning over to the City Collector, upon leaving said office, all books, papers, records and other property coming into his hands by virtue of the office. Any such Deputy City Collector shall have the authority to act for and in the place of the City Collector.
SECTION 6. The collection of fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties or other moneys or property due the City of Jonesboro by virtue of violations of criminal laws or ordinances or by the judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction is hereby expressly exempted from the provisions of this ordinance, and collection of said items shall remain as is now provided by law, and the person or persons charged with the collection of said items shall turnover said items collected to the City Collector not less often than once every thirty (30) days.
SECTION 7. The collection of the purchase price of cemetery lots, fees for burial permits, and fees for building permits, which sums are due the City of Jonesboro is hereby expressly exempted from the provisions of this ordinance, and collection of said items shall remain as now handled, and the persons charged with the collection of said items shall turnover said items collected to the City Collector not less often than once every thirty (30) days.
SECTION 8. The salary or compensation of the said City Collector and of his deputies shall be fixed by resolution of the City Council.
SECTION 9. It is found that the numbers of taxes and other monies and property to be collected by the City of Jonesboro and the number of individual taxpayers and other debtors of the City of Jonesboro have in recent years increased tremendously, as has the volume of police work of the City Police Department and that the burden of City collections other than fines, costs, penalties and forfeitures of a criminal nature, or collections made pursuant to judgments of courts is too heavy for the Chief of Police and his department to properly administer and account for and needed revenues of the City of Jonesboro are lost thereby; therefore this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately after its passage.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of December, 1952.