[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City
of Meriden 10-7-1963 as Ch. 2, Art. III, Div. 1 of the 1963 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Amended 9-15-1980]
Every claim, demand, bill, charge and account
against the City shall first be presented to the committee of the
Council to which such claim, demand, bill, charge or account is chargeable
and, after having been approved in writing by a majority of such committee,
shall be delivered by it to the City Manager on the Thursday before
the first Monday of the month; provided, however, that such procedure
shall not apply to the following:
A.
Such claims, demands and charges as properly belong
to the departments managed and controlled by particular City boards.
B.
Special appropriations made by the Council.
C.
Claims for injuries and damages referred to and reported
upon by the Committee of Claims.
D.
Interest upon bonded or temporary loans.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
The City Manager shall examine all bills presented
to him and, after approving them, shall make a report and submit such
bills so approved and such report to the appropriate committee of
the Council on the Friday before the first Monday of the month.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
Except as provided in § 13-1, the appropriate committee of the Council shall report to the Council on the first Monday of each month all bills presented to it for its approval, together with the action taken by it thereon, and such other facts with reference to such bills as it shall deem important. The Town and City Clerk shall return all bills approved for payment by the Council to the City Manager.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
If the Council orders the payments of any claim
or demand reported upon by its committees, or makes an appropriation
for a special purpose without a report thereof from a committee, the
City Manager shall at once make return thereof to the appropriate
committee and shall also make return of all orders drawn by him on
the Treasurer in favor of the appropriate person. The appropriate
committee shall keep a separate and correct account of all such special
items and shall include them in its annual report to the Council.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
The City Manager shall draw his order for any
bill payable by the City on the Treasurer in such manner as to show
from what appropriation or fund such order is payable.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
No money, except for the payment of bonds and
notes payable at banks or interest upon the City's indebtedness, shall
be paid by the Treasurer unless he first receives therefor an order
from the Finance Director which has been prepared as provided in this
chapter.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
When any City officer or other person duly authorized
by the City performs any work or furnishes any materials the expense
or cost of which is chargeable to a person other than the City, such
officer or authorized person shall render a written account thereof
to the Finance Director who shall report the same to the Council for
its action and shall, unless otherwise ordered by the Council, charge
the same on the City's books to the person properly chargeable.
Every person receiving money for the City from
any source shall pay the same over to the Treasurer on or before the
first Monday of the month following its receipt and shall file with
the Treasurer at the same time a written statement showing the source
from which such money was derived.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
The Treasurer shall, on or before the 10th day
of each month, report in writing to the City Manager all moneys paid
to him during the previous month, stating in detail by whom paid and
from what source derived.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
Whenever a warrant for the collection of any
tax is delivered to the Tax Collector, the City Manager shall charge
to the Collector the amount of such tax and shall charge him from
month to month with the legal additions thereto and with all charges
and expenses for liens whenever the same shall be placed upon any
property on account of such tax and shall credit him with all payments
made to the Treasurer on account of such tax and all authorized abatements
thereof.
Whenever a warrant for the collection of an
assessment of benefits is delivered to the Tax Collector or any bill
for work done or materials furnished by the City is placed in his
hands for collection, the amount thereof shall be charged to such
officer as taxes are charged, and also the interest thereon as it
falls due and the charges for liens whenever the same shall be filed
in connection with such assessments or bills, and the Collector shall
likewise be credited with all payments made to the Treasurer on account
of such assessments and bills and with any abatements thereof.
The Tax Collector shall keep books in which
a separate account of each tax and assessment delivered to him for
collection shall be entered. Such accounts shall show the date and
amount of all collections thereon and from whom collected, the date
and amount of all payments made to the Treasurer and the additions
to taxes or assessments and interest thereon collected. Such books
shall be balanced each month, and each monthly balance shall show
the amount of such tax or assessment remaining uncollected at the
time of such balance. The Collector shall also, when any tax or assessment
is paid to him, immediately enter upon his rate book or list of assessments
against the name of the person whose tax or assessment is so paid
the date and amount of such payment in such manner as to show any
discount allowed or addition or interest paid thereon.
