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2.33.050 AUTHORITY TO SIGN NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS.

The fiscal director is authorized to sign all general checks and payroll checks drawn in the name of the City; and such signatures may be in facsimile.

The fiscal director is authorized, in the name of the City, to sign bonds, deposit agreements, notes, negotiable instruments and all other orders for payment of money by affixing his or her personal signature thereto.

In the absence of or other inability of the fiscal director to perform his or her duties, the City Manager may deputize an assistant within the finance department to sign checks and such other negotiable instruments as the City Manager shall designate, upon his or her qualification on a surety bond in the same amount as the fiscal director.