(a) All department heads and other Municipal employees who are authorized to make various purchases for necessities of the City must first properly sign a requisition, which requisition shall be presented to the Director of Finance for his or her acknowledgment that funds are available to pay for such purchases.
(b) When the acknowledgment is obtained from the Director that funds are available, such requisition shall then be processed to completion, within the limitations imposed by the City Charter.
(c) If there exists an emergency situation requiring the purchase of an item, then such expenditure can be made, not exceeding the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), without the restrictions imposed by subsections (a) and (b) hereof.
(d) The Director is hereby directed to denote on the various pay ordinances any item of expenditure for which a requisition has not been presented to him or her first for his or her acknowledgment that funds are available to cover the cost of such expenditure.
(Ord. 1972-189. Passed 4-4-73; Ord. 99-109. Passed 7-6-99.)