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Revenue Receipting

Policy

activity level of the department and the associated business operational requirement and
should be maintained throughout the lifecycle of the Cash/Change Drawer or Imprest
Fund.

VIII. Petty Cash

The City of Fort Worth does not allow any department to own or operate Petty Cash
funds.

IX. Training

All employees who have payment receipting responsibilities must successfully complete
the City’s Cash Handling Policies and Procedures course within thirty (30) days of
employment. Existing employees must take the first available cash handling course upon
obtaining the cash receipting responsibility. Employees performing payment receipting
activities are required to complete an update cash handling course annually, subsequent
to the initial training. Successful completion of this course is defined as achieving at least
a seventy percent (70%) passing grade on the test administered upon completion of the
course.

It is the responsibility of the department to notifying FMS, when a new or transferred
employee becomes responsible of payment receipting activities and whenever an employee
is no longer responsible for payment processing. In addition, it is the responsibility of the
operating department to ensure all staff responsible for payment receipting activities
have completed the City’s Cash Handling training at least annually.

The FMS Department is responsible for providing all training related to Cash Handling
and payment processing and in conjunction with the Budget and Performance Management
Office (“PMO”), will notify the operational departments when their employee(s) are due
for their annual training. Notwithstanding, the operational department(s) retain ultimate
responsibility for ensuring all employees attend and successfully complete the training
outlined herein.

The Budget and Performance Management Office maintains employee training records.
Each time an employee completes a training course, Budget and Performance

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