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Treasurer to serve for a one-year term or until the official certification of a General City Election at
which time these offices shall be elected again for a one-year term; provided, however, that the board
in its discretion, may combine the latter two (2) officers and may appoint the Superintendent of Schools
as its Secretary or Treasurer, either or both. Said Board of Education shall keep minutes of all its
proceedings in a well bound book, signed by the Chairperson and attested by the Secretary--said book
to constitute a permanent and public record. The Treasurer shall receive and hold all school money for
the City of Athens, from whatever source (until disbursed on checks signed by himself and
countersigned by the Chairperson); provided, that the Treasurer of said board shall, before entering
upon the duties of his office, file a bond with the head of the Department of Finance of the City of
Athens, in the minimum sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or such other and additional amount
as the board may require, endorsed by a responsible indemnity corporation, costs for which shall be
paid by check issued by said board conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his duties, which bond
shall be approved by the Board of Education.
Checks shall be issued only when adequate funds are available for the purpose and where the
particular expenditure is authorized by the school budget hereinafter referred to. (Said Treasurer shall
submit a periodic financial statement to the City Council.) [As amended by Priv. Acts 2007, ch. 3, § 2,
and replaced by Priv. Acts 2019, ch 7, § 2]
Section 8. Be it further enacted , That the county trustee, the county court clerk of McMinn County, or
any other tax collector shall pay over to the Treasurer of the Board of Education of the City of Athens
out of all moneys collected by them for school purposes from any sources such portion as by law is
applicable to the schools of the City of Athens.
Section 9. Be it further enacted , That salaries of superintendent, principals, teachers and others
employed by the schools shall be fixed by the board before their election, and said salary schedule
shall be written into the minutes of said Board of Education.
Section 10. Be it further enacted , That the Board of Education shall keep within and shall not at any
time exceed the budget provided and authorized by the City Council of the city, with respect to the
expense of operating the city school system. The Board of Education shall each year prepare and
submit to the City Manager a proposed budget for the ensuing year. Said budget shall be prepared on
forms as prescribed in Article XVII, and contain information consistent with that requirement by the
State Department of Education, including a detailed estimate of incoming revenue and proposed
expenditures. Whenever the funds required for the operation of schools shall exceed the estimated
revenues from all other sources, such as State and Federal aid, then the City Council shall provide
such funds by the tax levy; provided, however, that if the funds required by said budget from the city
shall, in the judgment of the City Council, require a sum greater than can reasonably be furnished by
the city, then said Council shall notify the Board of Education. Thereafter, and as soon as practicable,
the Board of Education and the City Council shall confer together and, if possible, arrive at a figure to
the mutual satisfaction of both. If no such satisfactory figure can be agreed upon, then the Council shall
immediately call a referendum. Said referendum shall propose the question of whether the city shall
provide the funds required by the proposed budget of the Board of Education or whether the city shall
provide such amount as in its judgment can be practically and reasonably provided, such amount to be
indicated on the ballot and the voters given a choice between the two amounts. If a majority of the
qualified voters of the city voting on said question shall vote for the figure proposed by the Board of
Education, then said figure shall be provided by the Council through tax levy; if such majority shall vote
for the figures set by the Council, then this latter amount shall be furnished by the city and the Board of
Education shall accordingly revise its budget.
Section 11. Be it further enacted , that whenever the Board of Education shall deem advisable the
construction of new school buildings, the renovation of existing buildings, or the purchase of real estate
for school purposes, it shall present to the City Council the plans for said buildings and/or a description
of said real estate, together with the estimated cost of the same. The City Council shall provide the
necessary funds by the issuance of bonds as authorized in this Act or any subsequent enabling Act, or
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