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AN ORDINANCE FURTHER REGULATING THE DEPARTMEUT OF
PUBLIC FINANCE, PROVIDING FOR THE PiORE EXPEDITIOUS HANDLING
AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS, AND THE AUDITING AND REPORTING THEREOF
TO THE BOARD OF COUI;,uISSIONERS.
WHEREAS, it is•essential to the expeditious handling
of the accounts and the payment of claims against the City of
Paducah that all such accounts and claims be audited, examined
and approved in the Department of Public Finance, and that no
such claims be paid except in pursuance to appropriations
theretofore made for such purposes; and that said auditing,
examination, approval and payment be made, when so authorized,
in said Department of Public Finance without further action
by the Board of Commissioners,- NOW, THEREFORE; -
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COLE-IISSIONERS OF THE
CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1.
All accounts and claims for the paymentof which funds
have been appropriated or apportioned shall when audited
examined and approved by the City Manager, or some authorized
employee or officer in the Department of Public Finance, at his
direction, be paid as now or as may hereafter be provided by
law. Twice each month the Department of Public Finance shall
submit a report to the Board of Commissioners setting out in
detail the payroll and amounts paid to each person in the employ
of the city, and not less than once each month a detailed
statement of all o'her claims and accounts that are presented
for payment including such claims as are disputed and not
approved. The reports provided in this ordinance shall be
additional to other reports and statements required by law to
be made to the Board of Commissioners. It is the purpose of
this ordinance to provide for the prompt payment of all accounts,
claims and salaries, for the payment of which funds have been
appropriated or apportioned, x�rithout requiring said claims to
be submitted to the Board of Commissioners for allowance.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be :in full force and effect from
and after its adoption.
Signed
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Mayor
Passed by the Board of Commissioners March 12th, 1954.
Recorded by Rudy Stewart, Clerk March 1934.