Ordinance committee amends treasurer job description; salary range discussion referred to HR and legal

The Holyoke Ordinance Committee on Oct. 22 approved targeted changes to the draft job description for the city treasurer and directed staff to prepare ordinance language and salary draft for further review.

Committee members voted to add explicit duties to the treasurer job description, including preparation of payroll, reconciliations of accounts, responsibility for cash-management procedures (maximizing cash flow and investment earnings, monitoring receipts and maintaining internal controls), and a new line asking the treasurer to prepare a five-year financial forecast and capital plan for annual submission to the mayor and city council. Councilors adopted those amendments in a committee vote that passed unanimously on the motion to amend (vote recorded as 5–0).

Why it matters: Voters approved moving the treasurer from an elective to an…