Ord 2004-47ORDINANCE NO. 47
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT ESTABLISHING
PROCEDURES FOR PAYMENTS
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WHEREAS, the Costa Mesa Sanitary District ( "District ") was previously
integrated into the City of Costa Mesa ( "City ") and utilized the services of the
City's Finance Department in paying claims; and
WHEREAS, the District separated from the City on July 1, 2004 and has
retained its own Treasurer and desires to take control of its own finances; and
WHEREAS, the District does hereby desire to provide procedures to allow
for the payment of certain money as hereinafter provided in accordance with
Government Code Section 53910;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary
District does hereby ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. That Chapter 4.07 is hereby added to the Costa Mesa Sanitary
District Operations Code to read:
"Chapter 4.07 - Payments
4.07.010 Purpose. This Chapter enacts procedures for the payment of
claims consistent with Government Code Section 53910 et seq.
4.07.020 Payments Conforming to Budget. The District Board of Directors
delegates to the Treasurer the approval of all warrants, including payroll, for
which adequate appropriations have been previously approved and adopted by
the Board. The Treasurer is required to subsequently submit to the Board a
detailed listing of those warrants, excluding payroll, previously approved and
released by the Treasurer. The payroll warrants will be aggregated and
submitted in total to the District Board of Directors at the next regular Board
meeting.
4.07.030 Audit Procedure. The Board of Directors shall audit and ratify all
payments on their warrant register each month or at such other intervals as it
shall determine."
Section 2. Should any part, clause or section of this Ordinance be declared
by any Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the remaining provisions of this
Ordinance shall nevertheless be and remain in full force and effect and the Board of
Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District of Orange County, California, hereby
declares that each and every section, clause, provision or part of this Ordinance
would have been adopted and made a part of this Ordinance without the adoption
of any portion thereof and that the invalidity of any part or provision hereof shall not
in any way affect the validity or enforcement of the remaining provisions of this
Ordinance that may stand on their own.
Section 3. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sections 6490 and 6491.3,
the Clerk shall cause this ordinance or a summary thereof to be published in a
newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the District according to
law and it shall take effect upon the expiration of one week after publication.
PASSED and ADOPTED this ll day of 2004.
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Secretor;
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, JOAN REVAK, Clerk of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, hereby certify
that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 47, was duly and regularly passed
and adopted by said oard of Directors at a regular meeting thereof, held on the
/Y},b6 day of 2004, by the following vote:
AYES: Arlene Schafer, Greg Woodside, James Ferryman
Arthur Perry, Dan Worthington
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, this %` - day of
2004.
Clerk o 0 osta Mesa- Sanitary District
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