§ 4.08.180. Encumbrance of department funds.  


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  • Except for emergency purchases and except where the amount of the purchase is under the amount specified in Section 1004 of the Charter, no contract shall be awarded and no purchase order issued until the director of finance or his authorized representative shall have certified after preaudit that there is to the credit of the department concerned a sufficient unencumbered appropriated balance, in excess of all unpaid obligations, to defray the amount of the proposed expenditure.

(Ord. 6899 § 2 (part), 2002: Ord. 5068 § 7.00, 1972)