Chapter 3.32
VOUCHERS AND WARRANTS*
Sections:
3.32.010 Presentation of vouchers to council.
3.32.030 Checks or drafts returned for insufficient funds—Method of collection.
*Prior ordinance history: 1958 code § 1.60.010.
3.32.010 Presentation of vouchers to council.
All claims and demands against the city for service rendered or debt due shall be presented in writing to the city council which shall receive and review all such claims and demands and approve or disapprove payment of any claim or demand. (Ord. 2978 § 1, 1985)
3.32.020 Warrants.
The following provisions are adopted relating to warrants:
A. Interest. All warrants issued by the city which have been heretofore or may hereafter be presented to the finance director of the city for payment, and which have not been or shall not be paid for want of funds in the treasury, shall bear interest as established by current market conditions from the day of such presentation until paid or called in as hereinafter provided.
B. Payment. All warrants issued by the city shall be paid in the numerical order of their issue; that is, first issued, first paid. The warrants must be called for payment when five hundred dollars has accumulated in any fund with warrants outstanding against it. The call must specify the fund against which the warrants were drawn. No call need be made if the amount accumulated is less than the amount due on the warrant longest outstanding and no more than two calls may be made in any one month. (Ord. 2978 § 3, 1985)
3.32.030 Checks or drafts returned for insufficient funds—Method of collection.
A. There shall be assessed a charge for all drafts and checks tendered to the city which are returned or dishonored by the drawee bank or other such depository. The amount assessed shall be set by resolution of the city council and shall become effective on such date specified in such resolution.
B. The charge shall be collected from the drawer together with the proceeds of any such returned or dishonored instrument and the charge shall be considered a part of the debt or deposit due the city for which it was tendered.
C. The city may exercise any and all remedies and/or methods of collection provided for in the ordinance of the city which provides for the original debt or deposit. (Ord. 3797 § 1, 2013; Ord. 2978 § 2, 1985)