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SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL CODE
PREFACE
Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Title 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
Title 4 (Reserved)
Title 5 BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
Title 6 ANIMALS
Title 7 (Reserved)
Title 8 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Title 10 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Title 11 (Reserved)
Title 12 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
Title 13 PUBLIC UTILITIES
Title 14 (Reserved)
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Title 16 OIL AND GAS CODE*
Title 17 TRAILER PARKS
Title 18 SUBDIVISIONS*
Title 19 (Reserved)
Title 20 ZONING
Title 21 PUBLIC DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS AND IMPROVEMENT FEES TO BE PAID BY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
STATUTORY REFERENCES FOR CALIFORNIA CITIES
PRIOR CODE CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
ORDINANCE LIST AND DISPOSITION TABLE
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3.24.140   Warrants--Types--Issuance.
   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))
3.24.150   Warrants--Register keeping.
   All warrants shall be entered in a register in numerical sequence. If a warrant is voided or cancelled, a notation of that fact shall be made in the register and the warrant shall be properly defaced.
(Prior code § 2.12.200 (Ord. 506 § 9(c), 1961))
3.24.160   Issuance of general warrants.
   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))
3.24.170   Issuance of payroll warrants.
   Payroll warrants may be issued without the prior audit or approval of the city council.
(Prior code § 2.12.220 (Ord. 506 § 9(e), 1961))
3.24.180   Issuance of warrants prior to audit.
   In any instance where a warrant, either general or payroll, is issued prior to audit by the city council, the demand and supporting documents shall be presented to the city council for audit and approval at the next meeting following the issuance of the warrant. The council's action thereon shall be noted on the demand in the manner provided in Section 3.24.160 with respect to warrants issued after audit.
(Prior code § 2.12.230 (Ord. 506 § 9(f), 1961))
3.24.190   Payroll preparation.
   The director of finance shall be responsible for the preparation of the city's payroll. Time reports of all city employees shall be submitted to the administrative officer by, and over the signature of, the department heads, and the administrative officer shall in turn audit and transmit the reports to the director of finance.
(Prior code § 2.12.240 (Ord. 506 § 10, 1961))
3.24.200   Petty cash.
   The city treasurer shall maintain a petty cash fund in such amount as may be determined from time to time by the director of finance but the maximum amount therein shall not exceed two hundred dollars. Such fund shall be operated on the imprest system and shall be reimbursed monthly from the appropriate fund or funds by a warrant payable to the city treasury. Such fund shall be used only for those disbursements which, because of smallness of amount or other reason, cannot conveniently be made by warrant. Disbursements will be made by the city treasurer from the petty cash fund only upon the receipt of a voucher signed by a department head or the director of finance. All such vouchers shall be prenumbered and issued by the director of finance.
(Ord. 77-9-773 § 2: prior code § 2.12.250 (Ord. 506 § 11, 1961))
3.24.210   Accounting system.
   The director of finance shall adopt and maintain a system of records and accounts consistent with the provisions of this chapter and of any manual or chart of accounts which the city council shall approve and order adopted as the accounting manual of the city.
(Prior code § 2.12.260 (Ord. 506 § 12, 1961))
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