Borough of Dumont, NJ
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2023-12-19
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 11 Claims Approval
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 9 Campaign and Political Party Reports
- Ch 11 Claims Approval
- § 11-1 Contents of claims; certification; delivery.
- § 11-2 Presentation of claim to municipal office or employee.
- § 11-3 Presentation of claim to Chair of appropriate committee.
- § 11-4 Action by Council and Mayor.
- § 11-5 Disapproved claims.
- § 11-6 Recording of claims.
- Ch 13 Contracts and Services, Award of
- Ch 16 Court, Municipal
- Ch 21 Traffic and Parking
- Ch 25 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 28 Emergency Management Council
- Ch 31 Ethics
- Ch 36 Fire Department
- Ch 41 Health, Board of
- Ch 45 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 47 Mayor and Council
- Ch 52 Officers and Employees
- Ch 57 Payroll
- Ch 63 Pensions
- Ch 69 Personnel Policies
- Ch 75 Police Department
- Ch 81 Public Works, Department of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 98 Affordable Housing
- Ch 102 Alarm Systems
- Ch 108 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 114 Amusements
- Ch 119 Animals
- Ch 125 Autobuses
- Ch 128 Bicycles
- Ch 132 Bill Posting
- Ch 139 Brush, Weeds and Debris
- Ch 148 Buildings, Dangerous and Unfit
- Ch 149 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 155 Car Washes
- Ch 161 Cell Phones
- Ch 167 Checks, Returned
- Ch 182 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 188 Contractors
- Ch 193 Laundromats
- Ch 196 Dumpsters
- Ch 203 Entertainment Licensing
- Ch 209 Fees
- Ch 213 Filming
- Ch 216 Fire Prevention
- Ch 222 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 228 Fuel Delivery, Emergency
- Ch 235 Hazardous Waste Cleanup
- Ch 245 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 250 Library
- Ch 256 Littering
- Ch 257 Memorial Benches and Trees
- Ch 270 Noise
- Ch 277 Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 283 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 289 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 295 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 300 Pesticides
- Ch 306 Property Maintenance
- Ch 317 Recreational Vehicles, Parking of
- Ch 322 Rent Control
- Ch 327 Sales, Special
- Ch 333 Secondhand Jewelry Dealers
- Ch 339 Sewers
- Ch 342 Sex Offenders
- Ch 344 Shade Trees
- Ch 345 Shopping Carts
- Ch 350 Signs
- Ch 355 Site Plan Review
- Ch 360 Smoking
- Ch 362 Soil Removal
- Ch 368 Solid Waste
- Ch 372 Storm Drains
- Ch 374 Stormwater Management and Control
- Ch 380 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 386 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 392 Swimming Pools
- Ch 404 Taxation
- Ch 409 Taxicabs
- Ch 416 Towing and Storage Services
- Ch 423 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 436 Vending Machines
- Ch 442 Wildlife Feeding
- Ch 455 Zoning
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 469 Administration
- Ch 474 Air Pollution
- Ch 480 Animals
- Ch 486 Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 491 Fees
- Ch 497 Garbage Collection
- Ch 514 Multiple-Family Housing Standards
- Ch 520 Nuisances
- Ch 526 Plumbing Standards
- Appendix
- Ch A546 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A547 Board of Health Rules and Regulations
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Dumont by Ord.
No. 651 (Secs. 8-1 through 8-6 of the 1970 Revised
Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Every claim against the Borough shall be presented
on a purchase order provided by the Borough, shall contain a detailed
bill of items or demand and shall be certified by the party claiming
payment that the same is correct.
B.
Every such claim shall be delivered to the Finance
Office or to such other person as may be directed by the Mayor and
Council.
Upon receipt of the claim referred to in the
preceding section, the Finance Office or other authorized person shall
forthwith present the certified claim to the appropriate officer or
employee of the Borough having knowledge of the facts for certification
that the goods have been received or the services rendered.
After a claim has been certified as set forth in § 11-2, the claim shall be presented by the Finance Office or other authorized person to the Chairman of the committee responsible for incurring the claim and one additional Councilperson. If they are satisfied that the claim is proper, they shall approve the same. After approval, the Chairman shall file the claim with the Finance Office, who shall prepare checks and present them to the Council for formal approval at the next regular meeting.
The Council shall approve or reject the claims
presented to it, stating the reason for any rejection. The Mayor shall
examine the claims and officially approve the same for payment by
signing the approval resolution or schedule of claims approved by
the Council.
Any claim disapproved shall be referred to the
Chairman of the appropriate committee.
It shall be the duty of the Borough Clerk to
record all claims in the official minutes with appropriate record
as to any claims disapproved or rejected and advise the Chief Financial
Officer of the Borough for payment in due course.
