Sections:
3.20.010 Claims for Money or Damages
3.20.020 Auditing Prerequisite to Payment
3.20.030 Form of Claim
3.20.040 Claim Prerequisite to Suit
3.20.050 Suit
3.20.060 Departmental Approval of Claims
3.20.070 Approval by Finance Director
3.20.080 Prepayment of Demands
3.20.090 Register of Demands
3.20.100 Record of Approved Demands
3.20.110 City Council Approval
A. As a prerequisite to bringing suit thereon against the City or any officer, department, commission or board of the City, any claim for money or damages (including claims which would otherwise be excepted by Government Code Section 905) which is not governed by any other statutes or regulations expressly relating thereto, shall be presented and acted upon in accordance with Title 1, Division 3.6, Part 3, Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 900) and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 910), of the Government Code.
B. All claims against the City for money or damages not otherwise governed by the Tort Claims Act, Government Code Sections 900 et seq., or another State law (hereinafter in this Chapter, “claims”) shall be presented within the time, and in the manner, prescribed by Part 3 of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code (commencing with Section 900 thereof) for the claims to which that Part applies by its own terms, as those provisions now exist or shall hereafter be amended, and as further provided by this Chapter.
C. This Section shall relate only to the bringing of suit upon any claim and shall not be deemed to apply to the authority of the Finance Director, the City Council and other officers to process and pay, in the ordinary course of business, the just obligations of the City, such as routine salaries and wages, principal and interest on bonds, payments of purchases, and other like expenditures for which there is an express budget appropriation, and in connection with which there is no dispute as to the obligation and amount being payable.
[Ord. No. 461, Section 3, 5/9/07.]
All claims shall be made in writing on forms to be prescribed by the Finance Director and verified by the claimant or by his or her guardian, conservator, executor or administrator. No claim may be filed on behalf of a class of persons unless verified by every member of that class as required by this Section. In addition, all claims shall contain the information required by Government Code Section 910 and otherwise as required herein.
[Ord. No. 461, Section 3, 5/9/07.]
In accordance with Government Code Sections 935(b) and 945.6, all claims shall be presented as provided in this Chapter and acted upon by the City Council prior to the filing of any action on such claims; and no such action may be maintained by a person who has not complied with the requirements of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 461, Section 3, 5/9/07.]
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