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A. All disbursements of city funds, except payments which are authorized to be made from petty cash, shall be made by means of prenumbered warrants drawn upon the city treasury for payment out of a bank account maintained in the name of the city as provided in subsection C of Section 3.24.110.
B. All warrants must be manually signed by the city treasurer or his duly authorized alternate and also either manually or automatically signed by the director of finance or, in his absence, by the city administrative officer or by such other persons as the city council shall authorize to execute said warrants.
(Ord. 77-9-773 § 1: Ord. 68-12-632 § 1: Ord. 68-5-624 § 1: prior code § 2.12.180 (Ord. 506 § 9(a), 1961))
A. Warrants shall be of two types, as follows:
1. Payroll, which shall be used for payment of compensation and salaries of officers and employees and also payroll taxes and other payments computed in connection with preparation of the payroll; and
2. General, which shall be used for payment of other demands against the city.
B. Warrants shall only be issued upon proper supporting documents and when authorized in the manner provided in this chapter, and shall not be made payable to "bearer" or for "cash." Each warrant shall designate the fund out of which the payment is made.
(Prior code § 2.12.190 (Ord. 506 § 9(b), 1961))
General warrants shall not be signed or delivered by the director of finance unless the demands in payments of which they are drawn have been approved for payment by the city council. Such approval may be given by the city council by any of the following methods:
A. By designating in its budget, or by minute order subsequent to the adoption of the budget, specific budgeted items which may be paid without prior audit of the city council; provided, that the director of finance must in each instance attach to the demand his certificate that the demand conforms to the budget;
B. By auditing and approving an individual demand for payment, in which case the approval shall be noted on the demand over the signature of the presiding officer of the meeting at which the approval is given;
C. By auditing and approving for issuance the warrants listed upon a warrant register presented to the city council, in which case the approval shall be noted on the register over the signature of the presiding officer of the meeting at which the approval is given.
(Prior code § 2.12.210 (Ord. 506 § 9(d), 1961))
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