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<br /> DES:djk 01::/24/91 (003/8) <br /> Expenditures made, liabilities incurred, or warrants issued <br />in excess of any of the budget. appropriations as originally <br />approved or as thereafter increased or decreased shall not. <br />const.it.ut.e an obligat.ion or liabilit.y of t.he City. Any official <br />making or incurring such expendit.ures in an amount. known t.o him <br />or her t.o be in excess of t.he available balance of t.he <br />appropriat.ion against. which it. is drawn, shall be liable t.herefor <br />upon his or her official bond. The Cit.y Manager and the City <br />Council shall approve no claims and the Direct.or of Finance shall <br />issue no warrant or check for any expenditure in excess of <br />exist.ing appropr ia t.ions except. on an order of a Court of <br />competent jurisdiction or for an emergency as herein provided. <br /> SECTION 5. Emergency Expendit.ures. Upon t.he happening of <br />any emergency caused by fire, flood, explosion, storm, <br />eart.hquake, epidemic, riot or insurrection, or for the immediate <br />preservation of public order, peace, health or safety, or for the <br />rest.orat.ion to a condition of usefulness of any public propert.y, <br />t.he usefulness of which has been destroyed by accident or Act. of <br />God, or for the relief of an area st.ricken by calamit.y, or to <br />meet monetary expenditure required by law, the City Council may, <br />upon 2/3rds vote of t.he members present at. any regular, adjourned <br />or special meet.ing, adopt a resolut.ion stating t.he fact.s <br />consti t.uting the emergency, t.hereby making the expenditure <br />necessary to meet. such emergency. All emergency expendit.ures <br />shall be paid by warrant or check from any fund properly <br />chargeable t.herewit.h and the Direct.or of Finance is hereby <br />aut.horized and directed to pay such warrant.s. <br /> 4 <br />- <br />