[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Caldwell 11-16-1964
by Ord. No. 452 as Ch. 2, Art. V, of the 1964 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
Any person claiming any payment from the borough shall present to the
Borough Treasurer a detailed bill of items or demand, specifying particularly
how the bill or demand is made up (herein called "voucher"), certified by
the claimant on forms to be provided by the Borough Treasurer.
A voucher shall have the certificate of an officer or employee of the
borough having knowledge thereof that the work has been performed or the goods
and materials have been received or the services rendered as stated.
It shall be the duty of the Borough Treasurer to audit and approve each
voucher.
Each voucher shall then be presented to the Chairman of the Council
Committee having jurisdiction over the work, goods or material or services
for which the claim is made (or, in the absence of the Chairman, by another
member of the Committee), who shall recommend payment of the claim. After
such approval, the vouchers shall be presented to the Finance Committee for
its approval, and thereafter the Clerk shall present the schedule of bills
to the Council for formal approval and payment by resolution at the next regular
meeting of the Mayor and Council. A record of all claims ordered paid shall
be incorporated in the minutes of the regular meeting.
Checks in payment of any bills or claims as approved, after having been
signed by the Mayor, shall be countersigned by the Treasurer and Clerk and
then released to the claimants.
