§ 2-183. Checks.

(a)

The city finance director shall not receive any checks in the name of the city except in settlement of account.

(b)

The city finance director shall not cash any checks out of city funds in excess of the amount to be applied on account.

(c)

The city finance director may not accept any postdated check or agree to hold any check for any length of time, but shall promptly, at least once each week, deposit to the credit of the city in its usual depository all moneys received since the time of the last deposit.

(d)

The city finance director shall not be required to deposit repeatedly instruments returned by the depository as noncollectible, but shall make every reasonable effort to collect these items, and failing to do so shall take the necessary steps to protect the city from further loss.

(Code 1976, § 2-4003; Ord. No. 415, § II(b), 5-7-03)