§ 7.16. Administration of budget.

(1)

No payment will be made or obligation incurred against any allotment or appropriation except in accordance with appropriations duly made unless the City Manager or his designee first certifies that there is a sufficient unencumbered balance in such allotment or appropriation and that sufficient funds therefrom are or will be available to cover the claim or meet the obligation when it becomes due and payable.

(2)

Any authorization of payment or incurring of obligation in violation of the provisions of this Charter will be void and any payment so made illegal. Such action will be cause for removal of any officer who knowingly authorized or made such payment or incurred such payment or obligation, and he/she will also be liable to the City for any amount so paid.

(3)

This prohibition will not be construed to prevent the making or authorizing of payments, or making of contracts for capital improvements to be financed wholly or partly by the issuance of bonds, time warrants, certificates of indebtedness, or certificates of obligation, or to prevent the making of any contract or lease providing for payments beyond the end of the fiscal year, providing that such action is made or approved by City Council.

(4)

The City Manager will submit to the Council each month or as directed by the City Council a report covering the revenues and expenditures of the City in such form as requested by the City Council.

(Ord. No. 15-16, § 1, 5-18-2015)