[Adopted as Title 4, Ch. 4.16, of the 1986 Code]
No claim shall be paid by the City Treasurer unless it shall have been approved by the City Auditor.
No money shall be drawn out of the City Treasury without the written order of the Mayor. The Mayor, and in case of his absence or inability, the Acting Mayor, is authorized to draw orders on the City Treasurer for the payment of all accounts and claims allowed and certified by the City Auditor.
Heads of departments shall certify to the correctness of all bills incurred by them and, after approval thereof by the committee, commission or board authorized to approve their department expenditures, shall forward the same without delay to the City Auditor not later than the fourth day of each month.
Every payroll, bill or account for salary or compensation to any person in the service or employment of the City shall be sworn to by the head of the department or by the person who is immediately responsible for the appointment, employment, promotion or transfer of the persons named therein, or in case of the absence or disability of the head of the department or of such person, then by a person designated by the head of the department and approved by the Mayor.
All departments of the City government shall file with the City Auditor itemized bills, duly approved, of all claims as they become due the City in the several departments, giving full names and addresses of the debtor. The City Auditor shall examine and record such claims and transmit them to the City Collector for collection.
A. 
When the City Collector is unable to collect a claim by means other than court action, he may notify the City Solicitor of the pendency of such claim and the City Solicitor, after investigation, is authorized to take such appropriate action that he may deem advisable to collect such claim or, if in his opinion the claim is uncollectible, to recommend abatement to the proper department head.
B. 
Copies of all claims which the City Collector refers to the City Solicitor shall be filed with the City Auditor.