PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF ADOPTION

ORDINANCE 10-01-19-A

Public Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Enterprise, Alabama, at a regular meeting held on October 1, 2019 duly passed and adopted Ordinance 10-01-19-A.  The ordinance in its entirety is as set out below. 

Beverly Sweeney

Acting City Clerk/Treasurer

October 9, 2019

ORDINANCE 10-01-19-A

AN ORDINANCE TO UPDATE CHECK WRITING POLICIES

AND PROCEDURES FOR THE CITY OF ENTERPRISE

WHEREAS:  Section 11-43-56, Code of Alabama, 1975, provides the Council shall have management and control of the finances of the City; and

WHEREAS:  The Council desires to establish and provide the procedures for the payment of routine and recurring expenses of the City; and

WHEREAS:  Section 11-43-120, Code of Alabama, 1975, prescribes the procedures for the drawing of warrants and the payment of invoices from the Treasury of the City.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ENTERPRISE, ALABAMA, as follows:

SECTION I.     That the Acting City Clerk/Treasurer is authorized and empowered to draw warrants on the Treasury without the approval of the Mayor, provided the Mayor has written approval on the voucher for which the check is issued.  For this purpose, the approval of the itemized accounts payable register bearing the Mayor’s signature may be used for the approval of all vouchers itemized therein.  The Mayor Pro Tem shall be authorized under the provisions of 11-43-42, Code of Alabama, 1975, to exercise this responsibility in the absence of the Mayor.

SECTION II.    Warrants drawn for expenditures or payments under the authority previously approved by resolution or ordinance or investments authorized by state law may be drawn by the Acting City Clerk/Treasurer.  Other vouchers or requests for voucher checks shall be approved by the Mayor or the Mayor Pro Tem in the absence of the Mayor.

SECTION III.   Warrants drawn on the Treasury shall bear two of these signatures, effective October 1, 2019.

a)     The signature of Beverly Sweeney, Acting City Clerk/Treasurer

b)    The signature of Staci Hayes, Interim Director of Engineering

The facsimile signatures of the above may be used so long as approval for the warrant is manually subscribed.  The City Council reserves the authority to change or modify this policy at their discretion.

SECTION IV.    Ordinance 09-09-19 is repealed and any other ordinance or parts of ordinance which are in conflict herewith are, to the extent of conflicts, hereby repealed.

Duly passed and Adopted this 1^st day of October, 2019.

COUNCIL:

S/ Perry Vickers    

Council President Perry Vickers

District #3

S/ Sonya W. Rich

Council Member Sonya W. Rich

District #1

S/ Eugene Goolsby

Council Member Eugene Goolsby

District #2

S/ Wallace “Al” Miller, Jr.

Council Member Wallace “Al” Miller, Jr.

District #4

Absent

Council Member Turner Townsend

District #5

ATTEST:

S/ Beverly Sweeney

Beverly Sweeney

Acting City Clerk/Treasurer

Transmitted to the Mayor this 2^nd day of October, 2019.

S/ Beverly Sweeney

Beverly Sweeney

Acting City Clerk/Treasurer

ACTION OF THE MAYOR:

Approved this 2^nd day of October, 2019.

S/ William E. Cooper

William E. Cooper

Mayor

ATTEST:

S/ Beverly Sweeney

Beverly Sweeney

Acting City Clerk/Treasurer

10/9/2019