§ 18-21.3  ENCUMBRANCE OF FUNDS.
   Except in cases of emergency, the Director shall not issue any order for delivery on a contract or open market purchase until the Chief Finance Officer shall have certified, after preaudit, that there is to the credit of the agency concerned a sufficient unencumbered appropriation balance, in excess of all unpaid obligations, to defray the amount of such order.
   (a)   Vendor information shall be furnished on a monthly basis to City Council.
      The Director shall furnish to the Council by the fifteenth day of each month a list of all vendors, with or without a contract, to whom money was owed as of the last day of the preceding month. In addition to the name of each vendor the list shall contain each vendor’s address, and, as of the last day of the preceding month, the total amount of money owed to each vendor, and how much of the amount owed each vendor has been due for more than 30 days and more than 60 days.
      A violation of this ordinance is considered a misdemeanor, punishable by a $500.00 fine, and/or 90 days in jail.
(Ord. 2553, passed 4-12-1976; Ord. 3628, passed 11-8-2004)