2526 - Claims auditor.
§ 2526. Claims auditor. 1. The board of education of a city school district may adopt a resolution establishing the office of claims auditor and appoint a claims auditor who shall hold his or her position subject to the pleasure of such board of education. Such claims auditor shall report directly to the board of education. No person shall be eligible for appointment to the office of claims auditor who shall be: (1) a member of the board of education; (2) the clerk or treasurer of the board of education; (3) the superintendent of schools or other official of the district responsible for business management; (4) the person designated as purchasing agent; or (5) clerical or professional personnel directly involved in accounting and purchasing functions of the school district. 1-a. The position of claims auditor shall be classified in the exempt class of civil service. Such board of education, at any time after the establishment of the office of claims auditor, may adopt a resolution abolishing such office, whereupon such office shall be abolished. 2. When the office of claims auditor shall have been established and a claims auditor shall have been appointed and shall have qualified, the powers and duties of the board of education with respect to claims auditing, allowing or rejecting all accounts, charges, claims or demands against the city school district shall devolve upon and thereafter be exercised by such claims auditor, during the continuance of such office. The board of education shall be permitted to delegate the claims audit function by using (1) inter-municipal cooperative agreements, (2) shared services to the extent authorized by section nineteen hundred fifty of this title, or (3) independent contractors, to fulfill this function.