(a) This program shall be administered by the Board of Police Commissioners, hereinafter called the Board. All recommendations for the offer and payment of rewards pursuant to said program shall be filed with said Board. City departments, bureaus and agencies shall inform the Board of whatever facts may come to their attention suggesting the desirability of an offer or payment of reward, and shall at all times cooperate with said Board and furnish it, to the extent legally possible, whatever facts and assistance the Board may request in any inquiry it may undertake. The final determination and recommendation of said Board that a specific reward should be offered shall be transmitted to the Mayor for his review and recommendations.
(b) In the event the Board submits to the Mayor the matter of whether or not an offer of reward should be made in a particular instance, the Board will also submit to the Mayor at said time its findings, determinations, and recommendations for his review. Within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof from the Board, the Mayor shall thereupon submit his recommendations thereon to the City Council. The City Council, within sixty (60) days after receipt thereof from the Mayor, shall determine whether or not an offer of reward shall be made, and the maximum amount thereof. The determination thereon by the City Council shall be final.
(c) In the event a reward has been offered pursuant to the provision of (b) above, and the Board finds and determines that a specific reward or rewards should be paid in a given matter and so recommends, it shall transmit its recommendations thereon to the Mayor. Within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof from the Board, the Mayor shall thereupon submit his recommendations thereon to the City Council including recommendations, if applicable, for the necessary appropriation of funds with respect thereto.
(d) Within sixty (60) days of receipt of the recommendations from the Mayor, the City Council shall adopt or disapprove said recommendations of payment of a reward or rewards as submitted by the Mayor, or it may modify and adopt as modified the recommended payment within the limits set forth in the article. If the City Council approves payment of a reward or rewards, the entire file, including, if applicable, and subject to approval of the Mayor, a provision for appropriation of the necessary funds, shall be returned to the Mayor for his approval or disapproval. The Mayor shall act upon any such file returned to his office by the City Council within ten (10) days of receipt thereof.
(e) Failure of the City Council or the Mayor to act within any of the time limits set forth in this section, shall be deemed a disapproval of the offer or the recommended payment of a reward or rewards, whichever is involved, and the file shall be closed with respect thereto.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 147,233, Eff. 6-27-75.