File #: ORD-76:2193    Version: 1 Name: Creation of the office of Clerk-Treasurer
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/19/1976 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 7/19/1976
Title: AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL SECTION 2-19 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, TITLED CITY TREASURER AND TO CONSOLIDATE THE OFFICE OF CITY TREASURER AND CITY CLERK INTO AN OFFICE TO BE DESIGNATED AS CLERK-TREASURER AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Indexes: Code of Ordinances amendment, Policy - creation/amendment
Code sections: Chapter 2 - Administration
Related files: MIN-76:862
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AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL SECTION 2-19 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, TITLED CITY TREASURER AND TO CONSOLIDATE THE OFFICE OF CITY TREASURER AND CITY CLERK INTO AN OFFICE TO BE DESIGNATED AS CLERK-TREASURER AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:

Section 1: Section 2-19 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Jonesboro, titled City Treasurer, to be hereby specifically repealed.

Section 2: The Office of City Treasurer and City Clerk is hereby consolidated and combined and is hereby designated as the office of Clerk-treasure and the City Clerk shall assume the role and duties as the Clerk-Treasurer.

Section 3: The term of office for the office of Clerk-Treasurer shall be four years.

Section 4: The office of City-Treasurer shall be an elected office which election shall occur on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November, 1978, and four years thereafter and said City-Treasurer shall hold for four years until his successor is elected and qualified.

Section 5: The Office of Clerk-Treasurer shall become effective January 1, 1977, at which time the City Clerk shall assume the role and assume the duties of Clerk-Treasurer until the next general election as set out above.

Section 6: The qualification of Clerk-Treasurer shall be those qualifications enumerated in Section 2-15 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Section 7: All ordinances and/or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby specifically repealed.

Section 8: The Clerk-Treasurer shall assume both the duties of the office of City Clerk and the office of City Treasurer except those duties which have been transferred from the office of City Clerk and from the office of City Treasurer to the Department of Finance and Administration.

Section 9: It is hereby found and declared by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that the efficiency of City governmen...

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