Sec. 122.808. - Custodians.

An accountable officer may designate a custodian to have direct responsibility for specific items of tangible personal property for which the accountable officer is accountable under this Part. The City Comptroller shall prescribe a method and system for recording custody and changes in custody, using custody receipts and other records as necessary. A custodian shall have the same responsibility as the accountable officer with respect to the property assigned to his custody and the accountable officer shall be responsible on his official bond for the acts of custodians designated by him. An inventory shall be taken whenever: (a) There is a change in custodians. The custodian shall not be relieved of his responsibility for this property until the inventory is completed, any discrepancies are reconciled and his successor has accepted the inventory, which shall be the basis for the successor custodian's initial responsibility under this Section. (b) A custodian is completely relieved of his responsibility under this Section; but the custodian shall not be relieved of his responsibility for this property until the inventory is completed, any discrepancies are reconciled and the accountable officer has accepted the inventory. An accountable officer may withdraw all or a portion of the tangible personal property assigned to a custodian from his custody at any time, in his absolute discretion, and may assign custody to another custodian or retain custody in himself personally. Where the size of the unit of government or the diverse locations of the tangible personal property makes it advisable, the accountable officer may appoint more than one custodian and designate, for each one, the tangible personal property for which he is responsible under this Section. (Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 86-900-561, § 1)