Dinosaur is looking for a Town Treasurer. The Treasurer is responsible for the below listed job requirements per the municipal code. Don't stress, Dinosaur is a small Town, less than 10 employees and we don't spend a bunch of money daily like bigger Cities! We use Caselle as our accounting program and training is available, either on line or at Salt Lake City which is paid by the Town. Basically, accounts payable, payroll and General Ledger duties- will cross train with the Town Clerk.
Employees receive, PERA retirement, family health insurance,disability insurance, dental and a fair wage depending on qualifications.
Will train the right person!
If interested, contact us at the Town of Dinosaur!
This is from the Town Ordinance:
Town Treasurer-Duties.
A. Supervision Received. The Town Treasurer works under the general guidance and direction of the Mayor, Town Council, and/or Town Administrator, if one has been appointed.
B. Supervision Exercised. The Town Treasurer exercises supervision over all staff members performing financial duties and responsibilities.
C. Essential Duties and Responsibilities. The Town Treasurer shall have the power, duty and responsibility to:
Attend all regular meetings of the Town Council and present a Treasurer's Report and report of accounts payable at such meetings;
Be responsible for the establishment, control, and maintenance of a system of accounts for the Town, as provided by law. Such books and accounts shall always be subject to inspection by any member of the Town Council;
Receive all moneys, taxes, revenues and other funds collected by the Town Clerk and credit such receipts or deposits to the appropriate fund or account established by the Town budget, as approved by the Town Council in compliance with State law;
Deposit all funds and moneys collected by the Town Clerk in his/her name as Treasurer in local financial institutions and other investments as authorized by the laws of the State of Colorado and the Town Council;
Keep in her/her office a book, to be called the General Ledger, in which shall be entered at the date of presentation thereof and without any interval or blank line between any such entry and the one preceding it, every Town order, warrant, or other certificate of such Town at any time for payment, whether the same is paid at the time of presentation or not, the number and date of such order, warrant, or certificate, the amount, the date of presentation, the name or the person presenting the same, and the particular fund, if any, upon which the order was drawn. The General Ledger shall be open at all reasonable hours to inspection and examination of any person desiring to inspect or examine the same;
Serve as the Town's investment officer pursuant to the directions of the Town Council;
Render an accounting to the Town Council at each regular meeting of the Council, showing the state of the treasury at the date of such accounting and the balance of moneys in the treasury. He/she shall also accompany such accounting with a statement of all moneys received into the treasury and on what account during the preceding month, together with all warranted redeemed or checks paid by him/her. Warrants with any vouchers, and all checks paid, shall be appropriately filed in the Treasurer's records. He/she shall return all warrants returned by him/her stamped or marked "paid". He/she shall keep a register of all warrants and checks paid, and shall describe such warrants and checks paid, and shall describe such warrants and checks and show the date, amount, number, the fund or account from which paid, and the name of the person to whom and when paid;
Shall quarterly make out and file in the Town's records a full and detailed account of all such receipts and expenditures and all of his/her transactions as Treasurer during the preceding fiscal year and shall show in such account the state of the treasury at the close ofthe fiscal year on December 31, which accounting he/she shall immediately cause to be posted in a public place in the Treasurer's office;
Countersign warrants and checks drawn upon the treasury and signed by the Town Clerk or Mayor. Said check or warrant shall state the particular fund or appropriation to which the same is chargeable and the person to whom payable;
Keep the Town Council and the public informed and advised as to the Town's financial condition;
Assist with the preparation of the Town's annual budget;
Maintain an effective working relationship with the public and other personnel;
Perform such other duties as deemed appropriate by the Town Council and as provided by applicable law;
Staff the Town office from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday; and
Shall perform such other duties as deemed appropriate by the Town Council and as provided by applicable law.
D. Qualifications. The Town Treasurer shall have at a minimum a high school education supplemented by courses in bookkeeping and experience in maintaining financial and statistical records. If the Town Treasurer, when appointed, does not have significant experience in municipal accounting, the Town Treasurer shall, upon direction by the Town Council, complete an advanced course in municipal accounting