HomeMy WebLinkAboutOCSD 14-13RESOLUTION NO. OCSD 14-13
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT ESTABLISHING THE
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR THE PAYMENT OF WARRANTS
AND DEMANDS.
WHEREAS, the Orange County Sanitation District ("District") is a duly organized
County Sanitation District existing pursuant to the County Sanitation District Act,
California Health and Safety Code section 4700, et seq., providing for the ownership,
operation, and maintenance of wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal facilities
within Orange County, California; and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code section 4817 provides that claims not
governed by the California Torts Claim Act, "or by other statutes or by ordinance or
regulations authorized by law and expressly applicable to such claims shall be prepared
and presented to the governing body, and all claims shall be audited and paid, in the
same manner and with the same effect as are similar claims against the county"; and
WHEREAS, Government Code section 53910, which applies to cities, counties,
districts, and other governmental agencies, provides that, "In addition to any other
provision of law for the issuance and payment of warrants of any county, city and
county, city, district, or other political subdivision of the state, the governing body
thereof, or, in the case of school districts not issuing their own warrants, the governing
body of the appropriate issuing officer, may by resolution authorize practices with
respect to form, issuance, delivery, endorsement and payment of warrants it deems
convenient, efficient and in the public interest, conforming substantially to those
practices specified in Sections 53911, 53912, 53913, or 53915"; and
WHEREAS, the District desires to adopt practices with respect to form, issuance,
delivery, endorsement and payment of warrants that is convenient, efficient and in the
public interest consistent with State law.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of the Orange County Sanitation
District, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER:
Section 1: AUDIT AND APPROVAL OF WARRANTS AND DEMANDS.
A. The General Manager, or such person as he/she may designate, shall
audit claims and demands and verify the same as to their accuracy and the availability
of funds for payment thereof.
B. Payroll warrants and checks, and warrants and checks drawn for payment
of demands verified or approved by the General Manager or his/her designee as
conforming to a budget approved by the Board of Directors need not be approved by
the Board of Directors prior to payment, provided there is sufficient unencumbered
funds in the fund upon which they are drawn.
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ORDINANCE
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C. Demands paid by warrants or checks prior to audit by the Board of
Directors shall be presented to the Board of Directors for information only on a monthly
basis.
Section 2: The General Manager or his/her designee is authorized and directed to
execute and deliver any and all documents, to adopt or approve policies, procedures,
and guidelines consistent with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles , and to take
any and all actions that may be necessary or advisab le, in his/her discretion, to
implement the policies established by the Board of Directors in this Resolution.
Section 3: In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this
Resolution and any provisions of any prior resolutions , policies, rules and guidelines,
the provisions of this Resolution shall in all respects govern and control.
Section 4: This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption .
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors held on
September 24 , 2014 .
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Tom Beamish ,
Chairman of the Board
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, Kelly A. Lore, Acting Clerk of the Board of Directors of the Orange County
Sanitation District, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. OCSD 14-13 was
passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said Board on the 24th day of September,
2014, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
Beam ish ; Benavides; Carchio; Choi; Diep ; Ferryman ;
Hernandez; Kim; Levitt; M. Murphy (Alternate);
R. Murphy; Nagel; Narain; Nelson ; Reese; Sebourn;
Shawver; F. Smith; and Withers
Diep Kim and Nguyen
None
Curry ; Jones; Kring; Murdock and Nielsen
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of Orange County Sanitation District this 24th day of September, 2014.
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