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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1017 OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 1017 AN ORDINANCE CREATING AND PROVIDING FOR. THE OPERATION OFA CLAIMS FUND. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section :1. There is hereby created a fund, known and designated as the Claims Fund, intowhich shall be paid and transferred from the various departments and offices an. amount of money equal to the various claims against the City for any purpose. Section 2. Whenever die deems. it necessary, the City Clerk is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to transfer from the funds of the various departments and offices to the Claims Fund sufficient moneys to pay the claims against the various departments and offices of the. City. Section 3. The Claims Fund shall be used and payments therefrom shall be made only for the purpose of paying any claims against the City. Section 4. The City Clerk is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to issue warrants on and against said fund in payment of materials furnished, services rendered, or expense or liability incurred by the various departments and offices of the City. Said warrants shall be issued only after ap roved by the � Council there has been filed with the City Clerk proper vouchers, staling the nature of the claim, the amount due. or owing and the person, firm or corporation entitled thereto. All warrants issued on or against said fund shall be solely and only for the purposes .herein set forth, and shall be payable only out of and from said fund. Each warrant issued under the provisions of this ordinance shall have printed upon its face the words, "Claims Fund". Section 5. The use of the Claim's Fund shall not apply to payments from Trust Funds or payments from Local Improvement District Funds or from_o_ther funds when the law requires that a separate series of warrants be issued. Section 6. _ Transfers from an insolvent fund to the Claims Fund shall be by warrant. Section 7. This. Ordinance shall be in full force and effect after its passage and publication as required by law. PASSED by the Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this 20th day of December, 1960. MAYOR Attest: City Clerk Approved .a to form: City Attorney Published: Date -2-