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Request for Approval to reassign the functions of the Treasurer to the Finance Department
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Whereas, Rochester Hills City Charter Section 8.9 empowers the City Council to reorganize or eliminate existing Departments and create other Departments when, in the City Council’s opinion, the proper administration of the business and the interests of the City require; and
Whereas, the Mayor has proposed a departmental reorganization to eliminate the Treasury as a separate department and to reassign the functions of the Treasurer to the Finance Department, whose director is appointed by the Mayor; and
Whereas, the City Council believes this proposed departmental reorganization will further the proper administration of business and interests of the City.
Resolved, that the Rochester Hills City Council hereby approves the departmental reorganization proposed by the Mayor and, specifically, to eliminate the Treasury as a separate department and to reassign the functions of the Treasurer to the Finance Department, whose director is appointed by the Mayor.
It Is Further Resolved, that this departmental reorganization shall become effective when the Department Director position is filled.