The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-18

Sections 8 to l3 of the Culhane charter revision act make Important changes. A department of budget control is established, to be headed by 8 city auditor who shall serve as budget director. The board of aldermen is given authority to re. move city officials for due cause, and is given power to override @ mayors veto by 8 two-thirds vote.
 The Democrat is printing the full text of the Culhane charter act in daily installments. The first article of this series appeared yesterday.
 Following are Sections 8 to 12 of the act:
 SEC. g. Department of budget control and audit. A department of budget control is established. There shall be a city auditor, who shall also be director of the bud- get, and who shall be appointed by the affirmative vote of majority of the board of finance and be answerable thereto, whose term of office shall be two years, com- mencing during the second week of January, l940, or until his success. sor shall have been appointed and shall have qualified. Said director shall be an accountant experi- enced in municipal finance, and shall be qualified to audit all de- partments of the city. Said al. rector shall receive an annual salary of six thousand dollars and shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office. Before enter ing upon his duties. he shall execute a bond to the city, with adequate sureties in the sum Of twenty-five thousand dollars, con- ditioned upon the faithful dis charge of the duties of his office. The form of said bond shall be ap- proved by the corporation counsel. (a) Powers and duties. The mayor shall have the general supervision of the director of the budget. Said director may require reports from any department, agency or insti- tuition supported in whole or in part by the city, upon any matter of finance at any time and under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, and shall require special reports at any time upon the request of the mayor. The inc formation contained in such special reports shall besubmitted by him to the mayor and the board of finance. Said director or any agent of the budget department desig- mated by him for such purpose may enter upon any property Of and into the office of any department, board, institution or agency of the city and may examine any of it's property and any of its books, papers and records, investigate its service, the effectiveness Of It's policies, management, organization and operating procedure and the cost of the service rendered; may recommend to any such depart- ment, institution or agency, and as- sist it to effect improvements m organization. management, meth ods and procedure and report his findings and recommendations to the mayor and the board Of finance. Each officer and employe of any such department, institu- tion, board of agency shall assist said director or his agent in carry ing out the provisions of this sec ton. (b) He shall audit or cause to be audited the accounts of the several departments and of all of the city officers at least once in every six months and shall submit to the board of finance. on or be- fore the fifteenth day of each April and each october, report of the condition of each of said accounts, together with a summary of all accounts of the city, verified by his oath or affirmation exhibit- Ing the revenues, receipts and ex- penditures. the sources from which the revenues and funds are derived, in what manner the same have