Income and Expenditure
- All Members and Officers submitting claims for expenses shall ensure that the claim is in respect of legitimate and authorised expenditure that has been incurred on Council business.
- Certification by or on behalf of a Head of Service shall be taken to mean that the certifying officer is satisfied that journeys were authorised, the expenses properly and necessarily incurred and that the allowances are properly payable by the Council.
- All car allowances are to be paid through the Council’s Payroll System. The use of travel warrants should be encouraged whenever rail travel is contemplated.
- Each claim shall be promptly submitted for payment and shall be presented on a form clearly detailing the expenditure incurred, supported by receipts where applicable, dated, coded, signed by the claimant and counter signed by the appropriate authorising officer.
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