(a) No funds encumbered pursuant to the authorization of an ordinance or resolution enacted by Council may be decertified by the Department of Finance or any other department unless the following procedure has been fully complied with:
(1) Decertification shall be by ordinance and shall include therein the following information prepared by the director of the department requesting the decertification.
(2) An ordinance for the decertification shall include therein the following information prepared by the director of the department requesting the same:
A. An identification of the fund number from which the money has been certified;
B. An identification of the number of the resolution or ordinance which originally certified the funds;
C. A short concise statement of the reason for the ordinance for decertification.
(b) No funds which are decertified by Council shall be used for any purpose whatsoever without a new appropriation approved by Council.
(c) Any breach of the requirements of this section by any director of any department shall be considered a breach of the director’s fiduciary duty to the City of Cleveland and it shall be reported to the bonding company or surety of such director.
(Ord. No. 256-A-78. Passed 10-23-78 over Mayor’s veto, eff. 10-24-78)