236.02 OBLIGATIONS, CONTRACTS AND PURCHASE ORDERS.
   Every undertaking by the City involving the expenditure of City money shall, if appropriate, be in writing, and if such expenditure is for the purchase of services or materials, it shall be in the form of a purchase order or a contract.
   Except as otherwise set forth herein, and excepting obligations for professional services and utilities, including, but not limited to, phone, electric and gas, the Director of Finance and/or the City Manager shall attach to each obligation a certificate signed by him or her that the estimated amount of money required to meet the obligation of the City has been lawfully appropriated and is in the City Treasury or is in the process of collection to the credit of the fund involved, free from any prior encumbrance. In the case of a contract to continue beyond any current year and to involve expenditures of money in future years, the Director and/or the City Manager need only certify as to the money estimated to be paid by the City thereunder during the current year.
(Ord. 83-13. Passed 4-26-83; Ord. 94-13. Passed 6-14-94.)