A payroll account is hereby established in the Township of Waterford. To meet Township employee payroll needs, the payroll provider shall be Paychex, Inc., which shall process payroll from input submitted to them electronically as prepared by the Township Treasurer. Upon receipt of the payroll checks, reports and direct deposit earnings statements from Paychex, Inc., the Treasurer or Qualified Purchasing Agent appointed by the Township will prepare purchase orders charging appropriate budgetary accounts. Upon receipt of the amount due, the Township Chief Financial Officer, or others as designated by Township Committee, shall have deposited, by wire transfer, this amount due to the payroll account. All payroll checks shall be signed by the individuals with signatory authority on the payroll account as established by Township Committee.
The head of each department shall certify the payroll to the Treasurer no later than 9:00 a.m. the first business day (Monday) following the close of a normal payroll period (Saturday). In the event a holiday, occurs on the normal payroll input day, certification of payroll shall be submitted not later than 9:00 a.m. of the business day preceding payroll input. Notification shall be given to each department head with sufficient time to comply.
The Treasurer shall submit for approval to the designated Township Committee member who is liaison to personnel, the necessary payroll purchase orders for the amount due to the officers and employees as compensation. The payroll shall be submitted to said Township Committee member in the form of a purchase order and shall be considered in due course and approved if found to be correct. In case of error or adjustment in the payroll, the Treasurer shall promptly correct any error or make an appropriate record of the correction or adjustment.