(A) Neither the Mayor, City Clerk, City Collector, Chief of Police, or other city official shall hire any labor or services of anyone for or on behalf of the city without the express approval of the Board of Aldermen and no committee shall hire any labor or employ services of anyone to carry out the work of its department or assigned to it by the Board of Aldermen, where the compensation to be paid for the work, services, or project is in excess of $1,000, without express approval of the Board of Aldermen. The Board shall show such approval and fix the compensation to be paid and the terms of employment by motion duly seconded and carried and recorded in the minutes of the meeting at which such approval is given.
(B) Where a committee hires labor or employs services where the compensation to be paid does not exceed $1,000, or where a committee has received approval of the Board of Aldermen to hire labor or employ services, such committee shall give to the person, firm, or corporation hired or employed a requisition showing the date of hiring or employment, the work or services to be performed, the compensation to be paid or the hourly rate to be paid and any other terms of the employment. Such requisition of the committee shall be initialed on all copies by the person or persons, firm, or organization hired or employed and by a member of the committee issuing the requisition.
(C) The original and copies of the requisition shall also be signed and distributed as required of requisitions for purchases as hereinafter provided. Where the Board of Aldermen approves a request of the Mayor, City Clerk, City Collector, Chief of Police, or other city official for the hiring of labor or employment of services, which request shall be in writing addressed to the Board of Aldermen, such requisition shall be issued by the City Clerk containing the same information as required for the requisition of a committee, shall be signed by the City Clerk, and distributed as required of requisitions for purchases as hereinafter provided.
(Prior Code, § 130.120) (Ord. 325, passed 11-1-2003)