[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Somerdale as Ch. 19 of the 1973 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Claims approval — See Ch. 4.
Officers and employees — See Ch. 33.
Personnel policies — See Ch. 41.
Salaries and compensation — See Ch. 51.
There is hereby approved an account to be known as the "Borough of Somerdale Payroll Account" to be established and administered by the Borough Clerk or Treasurer, who shall from time to time transfer such funds to the Payroll Account as may be needed to compensate the officers and employees of the Borough. Said transfers of funds shall be credited to the Payroll Account and charged against the appropriate budgetary accounts on which they are drawn. Transfer vouchers shall be submitted for approval or ratification, as the case may be, at regular meetings of the Mayor and Council.
A. 
The Clerk, Treasurer or Chief Financial Officer is hereby authorized to sign checks drawn in favor of the Payroll Account and shall draw checks on said account to the officers, employees and agencies entitled to payment therefrom after written certification of the amounts due by the committee Chairman or supervising employee and in accordance with this chapter.
[Amended 9-12-1990 by Ord. No. 90:09]
B. 
At each regular meeting of the governing body, the Clerk shall submit for approval or ratification, as the case may be, the amount due the officers, employees and agencies for compensation or payment. The payroll shall be considered by the governing body in due course and approved or ratified to be correct and signed by the Mayor and Treasurer.
C. 
In case of error or adjustment in the payroll, the Clerk shall and it shall be his duty to see that such error or adjustment is properly corrected and appropriate record made thereof.
It shall be the duty of the Clerk to keep a proper record of the payroll account in accordance with the requirements of the state statutes, Borough ordinances and the recommendations of the Division of Local Government.