All claims against the city shall be presented to the City Council in writing with a full account of the items and no claim or demand shall be audited or allowed unless presented as provided by this chapter and by the laws of the state, including, but not limited to, Neb. RS 17-714, as amended or superseded. No costs shall be recovered against the city in any action brought against it for an unliquidated claim which has not been presented to the City Council to be audited, nor upon claims allowed in part, unless recovery shall be for a greater sum than the amount allowed, with the interest due. Upon the allowance of claims by the City Council, the order for their payment appropriation out of which they are payable as specified in the adopted budget statement. No order or warrant shall be drawn in excess of 85% of the current levy for the purpose for which it is drawn, unless there shall be sufficient money in the City Treasury at the credit of the proper fund for its payment; provided that, in the event there exists at the time the warrant is drawn, obligated funds from the federal and/or state government for the general purpose or purposes of the warrant, then the warrant may be drawn in excess of 85% of the current levy for the purpose for which it is drawn to the additional extent of 100% of the obligated federal or state funds. No claim shall be audited or allowed unless an order or warrant for the payment thereof may legally be drawn.
(Prior Code, § 1-811)
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Related provisions, see Neb. RS 17-714, 17-715