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ANORDINANCECREATINGANEWCHAPTER3.40 OF THEMOSESLAKEMUNICIPALCODEENTITLED"AUDITINGOFFICERANDVOUCHERAUDITINGANDCERTIFICATION"
THE CITY COUNCILOF THE CITY OF MOSESLAKE;WASHINGTON00 ORDAINAS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.Chapter 3.40 of the Moses Lake Municipal Code entitled "AuditingOfficerandVoucherAuditingandcertification"is created as follows:
I 3.40.010 Authority:RCW42.24.080 requires that all claims presented tothecityforpaymentshallbeauditedbeforepaymentismadeby anAuditingOfficerorhisdelegateandthattheAuditingOfficerauthenticateandcertifysuchclaims.
3.40.020 Auditing Officer Appointed and Signing Officers Designated:TheEinanceDirectororhisdelegateisappointedtheAuditingOfficerpursuanttoRCW42.24.080 and the City Manager and Finance Direc-tor are designated as Signing Officers.
3.40.030 Auditing Certification:To indicate City Council approval forpaymentofthosevouchersauditedandcertifiedbytheFinanceDirector;the following statement must be entered in the Councilminutes:
"Vouchers audited and certified by the Finance Director asrequiredbyRCW42.24.080;and those expense reimbursementclaimscertifiedasrequiredbyRCW42.24.090;have been re-corded on a listing which has been made available to theCouncil.
As of this date the Council,by a (unanimous;majority)vote,does approve for payment those vouchers in-c1uded in the above list and further described as follows:i (funds)voucher numbers through in the totalamountof$.
3.40.040 Local Purchases:Local purchases;whenthe total purchase doesnotexceedtittydollars($50);may be made on a local purchaseorderwhenthepurchaseismadewithintheCityofMosesLakeoritsimmediateenvirons.Local purchase orders may not be used foremployee/officer expenses.
3.40.050 Blanket certification for Local Purchase Orders:Local purchaseordersmaybecertifiedbytheAuditingOfficerwithablanketcertification.A listing of the local purchase orders shall beattachedtotheblanketcertification.Local purchase ordersshallbeforwardedtotheFinanceDepartmentbythedepartmentmakingthepurchaseassoonaspracticalandshallbeencumberedbytheFinanceDepartmentpriortomakingpayment
Section 2.This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5)daysafteritspassageandpublicationasprovidedbylaw.
Adopted by the City Council and signed by its Mayor on April 22,1986.
Publish:April 29,1986