[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Somerdale as Ch. 19 of the 1973 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
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.
