§ 3.08.010. Claims for money or damages.  


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  • As a prerequisite to bringing suit thereon against the city or any officer, employee, department, commission, or board of the city, any claim for money or damages, including claims which would otherwise be excepted by Section 905 of the Government Code of California, which is not governed by any other statute or regulation expressly relating thereto, shall be presented and acted upon in accordance with Title 1, Division 3.6, Part 3, Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 900) and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 910), of the California Government Code. This section shall relate only to the bringing of suit upon any claim, and shall not be deemed to apply to the authority of the Director of Finance, the City Council, and other city officers to process and pay, in the ordinary course of business, the just obligations of the city, such as routine salaries and wages, principal and interest on bonds, payments for purchases, and other like expenditures for which there is an express budget appropriation and in connection with which there is no dispute as to the obligation and amount being payable.

(Ord. 91-05 § 3.16.010)