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)