§ 35.04 CLAIMS; DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS.

   (A)   Compliance with state law. Claims against the town shall be made and processed as provided by 62 O.S. §§ 304.1 to 305.2, and any other applicable provisions of law.

   (B)   When affidavit required.

      (1)   On every contract submitted to the town for payment to an architect, contractor, engineer or supplier of material of $25,000 or more, shall be the following signed and notarized statement:

 

(STATE OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY OF                                         )   The undersigned (architect, contractor, supplier or engineer) of lawful age, being first duly sworn, on oath says that this contract is true and correct. Affiant further states that the (work, services or materials) as shown by this contract have been (completed or supplied) in accordance with the plans, specifications, orders or requests furnished the affiant Affiant further states that (s)he has made no payment directly or indirectly to any elected official, officer or employee of the State of Oklahoma, any county or local subdivision of the state, of money or any other thing of value to obtain or procure the contract or purchase order.                                                                                             (Architect, contractor, supplier or engineer)   Subscribed and sworn to before me this             day of                  ,                                                                                          Notary Public (or clerk or judge)

 

      (2)   Division (B)(1) above shall not apply to monthly billings submitted to the town of public utility companies or telephone companies, whose services are regulated by the state’s Corporation Commission, but will apply to said utility companies or telephone companies for billings pertaining to installations or changes in services.

   (C)   Warrants; disbursement of funds. Warrants shall be issued and processed and funds of the town disbursed only for legal purposes and in accordance with 62 O.S. §§ 372, 471 to 485 and 551 to 555.

(Prior Code, § 2-1-4)

§ 35.05 BOND ISSUES.

   Bonds of the town shall be issued, sold, paid and handled in all respects as provided by 62 O.S. §§ 351 et seq., and other applicable provisions of law.

(Prior Code, § 2-1-5)

§ 35.06 EXAMINATION AND AUDIT OF BOOKS AND RECORDS.

   (A)   Examination by Board of Trustees. The books of the town’s Clerk-Treasurer shall be subject to examination by the town’s Board of Trustees at all times, as provided by 11 O.S. §§ 12-106 and 12-110. Likewise, the records of the town’s Clerk-Treasurer and of all other officers and employees of the town shall be subject to inspection by the Board of Trustees at all times.

   (B)   Audits.

      (1)   The Board of Trustees shall designate a qualified public accountant to audit the financial records and transactions of the town’s Clerk-Treasurer and all other personnel of the town who keep financial records and make financial transactions, as of the end of every fiscal year at least, and such accountant shall make such audit and shall report to the Board of Trustees.

      (2)   Upon petition of a number of voters of the town equal at least to one-fourth of the number of people voting at the last general town election, the financial books and records of the town will be audited by the state’s examiner and inspector, as provided by 74 O.S. §§ 212 and 215.

(Prior Code, § 2-1-6)