It is the duty of the city treasurer to file with the director
of finance, at some time during the first fifteen days of each calendar
month, a monthly statement of all moneys in the various funds in the
city treasury as of the first calendar day of the month.
(Ord. 4 § 1; Ord. 238; 1953 Code § 1311; Ord. 542 § 1, 1965)
No order or warrant upon the city treasurer shall be drawn unless
in pursuance of an ordinance, resolution or motion duly passed by
the council and unless there is sufficient money in the fund upon
which it is drawn to meet the same.
(Ord. 4 § 2; 1953 Code § 1312)
All warrants or orders upon the city treasury for payment of
any money shall be signed by the director of finance and countersigned
by the city treasurer.
(Ord. 4 § 3; 1953 Code § 1313; Ord. 542 § 1, 1965; Ord. 682 §
1, 1971)
In every warrant or order so drawn shall be specified the name
of the person to whom the same is payable, the date and amount thereof,
the services or indebtedness for which it is to be issued and the
fund out of which it is to be paid; and every warrant shall be made
payable to the person named therein or to his order.
(Ord. 4 § 3; 1953 Code § 1314)
(a)
Demands.
The time and method of payment of all monthly and semimonthly salaries,
wages and allowances, if any, of the city officers and employees shall
be prescribed by resolution of the city council, and may, from time
to time, be modified by resolution of the city council. No other demands
against the city for the payment of money shall be satisfied until
first audited by the director of finance and approved by the city
manager. A registered of audited demands shall be submitted to the
city council for confirmation and shall have attached thereto an affidavit
by the city manager certifying to the accuracy of the demands and
the availability of funds for the payment thereof. Municipal or other
bonds and interest shown thereon payable out of the funds in the city
treasury may be paid without such audit or approval. Any person aggrieved
by the refusal of the city manager to approve the demand may appeal
such decision to the city council. The council may approve the demand,
if enough funds are available and appropriated therefor.
(b)
Warrants.
Whenever a demand is approved as hereinbefore provided, the director
of finance shall draw a warrant or warrants on the city treasury therefor.
The city treasurer may countersign any warrant drawn and signed by
the director of finance as hereinbefore provided. When countersigned,
such warrant shall be negotiable. In case there is a vacancy in either
of the offices of director of finance or the city treasurer, the city
manager may drawn and sign or countersign warrants. If both offices
are vacant, the mayor and city manager may respectively sign and countersign
warrants.
(Ord. 4 § 4; Ord. 359, 1953; 1953 Code §§
1315—1317.1; Ord. 542 §
1, 1965; Ord. 682 § 2, 1971)
It is the duty of the director of finance to keep, in a book
properly ruled and printed for the purpose, a record or register of
all warrants drawn upon the treasury, specifying therein the date,
amount and number of each warrant so drawn, in whose favor, for what
purpose and upon what fund the same is drawn.
(Ord. 4 § 5; 1953 Code § 1318; Ord. 542 § 1, 1965)
It shall be the duty of the director of finance to procure suitable
blank warrants upon the city treasurer which shall be used in the
payment of all demands against the city.
(Ord. 4 § 6; 1953 Code § 1319; Ord. 542 § 1, 1965)
