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.