HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 29 (1989)ORDINANCE NO. 29_ (1989)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DIAMOND BAR PERTAINING TO THE FORM, CONTENT
AND EXECUTION OF CITY WARRANTS, AND
AUTHORISING USE OF FACSIMILE SIGNATURES.
A. Recitals.
(i) Chapter 6 of Division 6 of Title 1 of the
California Government Code (California Government Code Sections
5500, et seq.) authorizes, and sets forth conditions related to,
use of facsimile signatures to be utilized in the execution of
public securities and instruments of payment.
(ii) The City Council desires to authorize the use of
facsimile signatures by certain designated City officers, in
accordance with the provisions of California Government Code
Section 5501.
(iii) The City Council desires to establish
regulations pertaining to the form, content, and execution of
City warrants.
(iv) All legal prerequisites to the adoption of this
Ordinance have occurred.
B. Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Diamond
Bar does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1: In all respects as set forth in the
Recitals, Part A, of this Ordinance.
S c o : All warrants, orders or checks upon the
City treasury for the payment of any money shall be signed by
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either the Mayor or one of such members of the City Council as
are authorized to so sign by minute motion of the City Council,
and shall be countersigned by the City treasurer, or, in his or
her absence, by that person designated as the Deputy City
Treasurer by minute motion of the City Council. In every
warrant, order or check so drawn shall be specified the name of
the person to whom the same is payable, the date and amount
thereof, the services or indebtedness for which it is to be
issued and the fund out of which it is to be paid and shall be
made payable to the person named therein or to his or her order.
Any person required or authorized pursuant to this section to
sign, or countersign, any warrant, order or check upon the City
treasury may execute such warrant, order or check by means of a
facsimile signature in lieu of his or her manual signature upon
the filing and certification of such person's manual signature in
accordance with the Uniform Facsimile Signature of Public
Officials Act (California Government Code Sections 5500, et seq.)
as the same now exists or as may be amended from time to time.
Whenever any warrant, order or check is for an amount payable in
excess of ten thousand dollars, the same shall, in addition to
the signatures required or permitted hereinabove, be
countersigned by the City Manager or Assistant City Manager, or
in his or her absence, by that person designated by minute motion
of the City Council, and such signature of the City Manager,
Acting City Manager or Assistant City Manager or Acting Assistant
City Manager shall be affixed manually and not through the use of
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facsimile signature.
Sect on 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this Ordinance and shall cause,the same to be posted in three
(3) public places within the City of Diamond Bar within fifteen
(15) days after its passage in the manner prescribed by
Resolution No. 89-6.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 7th day of
-No ber, 1989.
I, LYNDA BURGESS, City Clerk of the City of Diamond
Bar, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was
introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Diamond Bar held on the 17th day of October , 1989, and was
finally passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Diamond Bar held on the 7th day of November_, 1989, by
the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Forbing, Miller, Werner,
Mayor Pro Tem Horcher and Mayor Papen
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ATTEST:
C* CleiK- of the .
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