No person shall be eligible to the office of City collector who is not at least 21 years of age; nor shall any person be appointed as City collector who is in arrears for any tax, lien, forfeiture, or defalcation in office. The City collector shall have an accounting background and shall be appointed by the Board of Aldermen for an indefinite term.
The collector shall, annually, at such times as may be designated by the Board of Aldermen, make a detailed report to the City administrator stating the various monies collected by the City during the year, and the amount of uncollected and the names of the persons from which he failed to collect and the causes therefore.
The City collector shall receive as compensation for his or her services such sum as may, from time to time, be fixed by the Board of Aldermen.
The Board of Aldermen may appoint a deputy collector, and when such deputy collector shall have taken and subscribed to the oath provided by this Code, he shall possess all the qualifications and powers and be charged with the same duties as the collector.
Every check, draft, or other negotiable instrument of any type which is drawn in favor of the City of Moscow Mills, Missouri, may be negotiated only by including in the endorsement thereof on behalf of said City the phrase "For Deposit Only" or some similar statement, and the actual deposit thereof to the credit of said City in a depository designated for receipt of the funds of said City. No such instrument shall be negotiated for cash.