Section 65 ILCS 5/8-2-9.2 - Powers and duties of budget officerThe municipal budget officer appointed in any municipality pursuant to Section 8-2-9.1 shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) Permit and encourage and establish the use of efficient planning, budgeting, auditing, reporting, accounting, and other fiscal management procedures in all municipal departments, commissions, and boards.(b) Compile an annual budget in accordance with Section 8-2-9.3.(c) Examine all books and records of all municipal departments, commissions, and boards which relate to monies received by the municipality, municipal departments, commissions, and boards, and paid out by the municipality, municipal departments, commissions, and boards, debts and accounts receivable, amounts owed by or to the municipality, municipal departments, commissions, and boards.(d) Obtain such additional information from the municipality, municipal departments, commissions, and boards as may be useful to the budget officer for purposes of compiling a municipal budget, such information to be furnished by the municipality, municipal departments, commissions, and boards in the form required by the budget officer. Any department, commission or board which refuses to make such information as is requested of it available to the budget officer shall not be permitted to make expenditures under any subsequent budget for the municipality until such municipal department, commission, or board shall comply in full with the request of the budget officer.(e) Establish and maintain such procedures as shall insure that no expenditures are made by the municipality, municipal departments, commissions, or board except as authorized by the budget.