(A) Procedure. All claims against the city shall be presented to the Mayor and Council, in writing, with a full account of the items, verified by the oath of the claimant, or his or her agent, that the claims are correct, reasonable and just, and no claim or demand shall be audited or allowed unless the same shall be presented and verified as provided by this chapter, and no costs shall be recovered against the city in any action brought against it for an unliquidated claim which has not been presented to the Mayor and Council to be audited, nor upon claims allowed in part, unless the recovery shall be for a greater sum than the amount allowed with interest due.
(B) Allowance of claims; payment. Upon the allowance of claims by the Mayor and Council, the order for their payment must specify the particular fund or appropriation, and no order or warrant shall be drawn in excess of 85% of the current levy for the purpose for which it is drawn, unless there shall be sufficient money in the Treasury to the credit of the proper fund for its payment, and no claim shall be audited or allowed except an order or warrant for the payment thereof may legally be drawn.
(C) Audit and approval. No claim against the city shall be presented for allowance or refusal by the Mayor and Council until the same shall have been audited and approved by the Audit Committee.
(Prior Code, § 35.03)