(A) No county bills, with the exception of payroll, court ordered payments, and the exceptions contained within this section shall be paid prior to County Board approval.
(B) All monthly claims against the county must be submitted to the County Clerk no later than two days prior to the appropriate committee meeting. Claims that do not meet this deadline shall be forwarded to the County Clerk to be placed upon the agenda for the next full Board meeting.
(C) Claims of more than $1,000 must be taken to the full County Board for approval.
(D) Claims less than $1,000 shall be approved at the committee level by a majority vote. If any member of the Board has issue with a bill to be approved at the committee level he or she shall contact the Chair of the respective committee or appear at the committee meeting to voice his or her concern. Any Board member exercising this option shall not have a vote at the committee unless he or she sits upon that committee.
(E) The County Board as a whole may grant pre-approval for any expense by a majority vote and grant the authority to a committee or individual Board member to make a purchase within a given dollar limit. The committee or Board member may not exceed the dollar limit granted by the full Board, and shall have no authority to bind the county for any amount in excess.
(Prior Code, § 38.15) (Motion carried 7-14-1981; 2-17-2000; Ord. passed 3-19-2009; Res. 15-7, passed 3-19-2015)