(a) The Fiscal Officer of the village, upon approval of the Mayor, is hereby authorized to pay the following bills of the village without prior approval of Village Council:
(1) All employee wages and salaries, payroll withholding, and health insurance for employees;
(2) All routine and recurring bills of the village, such as utility bills and other regular monthly or periodic charges to the village;
(3) All other routine bills for which a late payment charge, interest, or penalty would accrue if the bill is not paid on time;
(4) Bills for the purchase of ordinary supplies needed by the staff and employees of the village not in excess of sixty dollars ($60.00); and
(5) Bills of an emergency nature for the Water and/or Sewerage Department shall be approved as follows. Approval must be by two of the following: Utility Superintendent, the Mayor, President Pro Tem, or any member of Village Council.
(b) No bill referred to in this section shall be paid unless an appropriation has been made by Village Council authorizing the expenditure of the funds to pay the bill.
(c) All such payments made under authority of this section shall be reviewed by Village Council at its next regular session. Not later than two days before the date of Council’s next regular meeting, the Fiscal Officer shall present to the President of Council a written itemized listing of all bills paid under authority of this section which have not previously been reviewed by Council.
(Ord. 2005-07, passed 6-6-2005)