From and after the effective date hereof, the
following shall be the method by which all Borough officers and employees
shall receive the compensations provided for in the Annual Salary
Ordinance of the Borough of Emerson:
A. All Borough officers and employees shall receive compensations
as provided in the Annual Salary Ordinance, which shall be payable
26 times per annum.
B. The Treasurer shall present monthly to the Borough
Council for approval warrants drawn to the order of the "Borough of
Emerson: Payroll Account."
C. At the first meeting of the governing body in January
of each year, there shall be approved an account to be designated
the "Borough of Emerson: Payroll Account," and, from time to time,
the Treasurer, upon receipt of a warrant for the amount due such payroll
account, shall deposit the same to the credit of the payroll account,
charging the appropriate budgetary accounts therewith.
D. The Treasurer shall thereafter draw checks on said
payroll account to the employees entitled to payment therefrom.
E. At each regular meeting of the governing body, the
Treasurer shall submit for approval or ratification, as the case may
be, the necessary payrolls for the amount due the several officers
and employees for compensation. The payroll shall be considered by
the governing body in due course and approved if found to be correct.
F. In case of error or adjustment in the payroll, it
shall be the duty of the Treasurer to see that such error or adjustment
is properly corrected and an appropriate record made thereof.
Such officers as may be designated by the governing
body are hereby authorized to sign warrants drawn in favor of the
payroll account upon due notice that the appropriate payrolls have
been approved by the proper committee and by the proper certifying
authorities, which certifying authorities and committees shall be
those designated by resolution.