Finance Department

The FINANCE DEPARTMENT of the CITY OF MITCHELL is charged with the duty and obligation of controlling and maintaining the municipality's accounting system for all departments and offices of the municipality in accordance with the recommendations of the state department of legislative audit.
(SDCL 9-14-19)

The duties of the Finance Officer are set out in various sections of South Dakota Codified Law. A listing of some of the duties is as follows: Supervise the accounting system. (SDCL 9-14-19) Keep a record of the governing board proceedings. (SDCL 9-14-17) Draw and countersign all warrants. (SDCL 9-14-17, 9-14-18) Countersign all contracts. (SDCL 9-14-17) Keep the corporate seal. (SDCL 9-14-17) Certify annual tax levy to the county auditor. (SDCL 9-21-20) Maintain the special assessment record. (SDCL 9-43-24) Prepare, publish and file the annual financial report. (SDCL 9-22-21) Prepare the annual budget before September 1 of each year and submit to the governing board. (SDCL 9-22-23) Maintain a file of annual inventories. (SDCL 5-24-3) Invest surplus cash balances of the municipality. (SDCL 9-22-12) Conduct the annual Municipal/School election and all special municipal elections.

The CITY OF MITCHELL has a current annual budget of $32,835,843.00 (2009) fiscal year running from January 1-December 31.

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