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 Section 905 of the Government Code of California) 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 of California. 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 City Manager, 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. Pursuant to Government Code Section 935.4, the City Manager may allow, compromise, settle or deny a claim against the City in an amount not to exceed $2,500 subject to ratification of the City Council. Upon his written order, the Manager/Treasurer shall issue a warrant to settle or pay a claim in that amount, but not to exceed that amount.
(3-12/90 § 3.16.010)