A. Per RCW 42.24.080, the clerk-treasurer must preaudit and certify the claims as ready for council approval.

B. After preaudit and certification, the clerk-treasurer may place a request for approval of the claims on the city council’s next consent agenda. The agenda must include a summary of the claim amounts.

C. The clerk-treasurer must publish the list of claims to the city’s website in a native-electronic spreadsheet format (e.g., OpenDocument spreadsheet format) at the time the agenda for the next city council meeting is published.

D. After the city council gives final approval to the claims, the minutes should reflect the following:

The following vouchers/checks were approved for payment:

E. The clerk-treasurer may pay the claims following city council approval.

F. When a particular claim is not presented to the city council because of accident or negligence, and in the judgment of the council finance committee would have been approved by the city council had it been appropriately presented, the council finance committee may vote in a public meeting to approve payment of the claim for the city council. The clerk-treasurer must note the committee’s approval of the claim in the next set of claims transmitted to the city council.

G. When a particular claim is not presented to the city council because of a delay in presentation or processing, but the claim was incurred by explicit action of the city council, the clerk-treasurer pay approve the claim. The clerk-treasurer must note the approval of the claim in the next set of claims transmitted to the city council. (Ord. 2956 § 1 (Att. A), 2015)