City Code Section
(Amended by Ordinances 168313, 169321 and 173369, effective May 12, 1999.)
- Emergency checks are hereby authorized to be issued under special circumstances. Such emergency checks shall be for the following specified purposes:
- A. In payment of salaries or wages of employees when discharged or laid off;
- B. In payment of earned salaries or wages of employees compelled to leave the City by reason of death of a relative or other extraordinary circumstances;
- C. In payment of loans or for the purchase of bonds by the City Treasurer where interest charges can be stopped or saved to the City, or for the purchase of postage;
- D. In payment of commissions or assessments on property sold for the benefit of the Assessment Collection Fund;
- E. In payment of any obligation where interest penalty charges or discounts on current expenses can be saved to the City.
- Emergency checks may be authorized by the Bureau Manager or designee for any of the aforementioned purposes and no other authorization is needed.