§ 3.12.060. City Council authority

All payments presented in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, if found authorized, correct and legal, shall be allowed by the City Council and ordered paid. Any claim or demand may be allowed in whole or in part or rejected in whole or in part by the City Council. If any claim or demand is rejected in whole or in part, the fact of such rejection shall be plainly endorsed upon the claim or demand by the Director of Finance.

If the City Council does not otherwise meet on one of its regularly scheduled meeting dates for any reason, including but not limited to, the cancellation of a meeting or adjournment due to a lack of a quorum, the Finance Director shall continue to process payments for claims or demands and mail them to meet payment deadlines and then the City Council shall be presented with the payments for ratification at the next regularly scheduled meeting. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Chapter 3.12, the City Manager is authorized to approve payments for claims and demands when due to a conflict of interest under the California Political Reform act or any other statute of the State of California, including Government Code Section 1090, the claim or demand cannot be approved by at least three affirmative votes as required by State law.

(Ord. 2007-899, § 2, 2007; Prior code § 12-23)