Signing Checks

[roneville]

At present, two (of five) fire commissioners must sign all checks for both payroll and accounts payable in our department.

As a commissioner, I'm investigating the possibility of (1) direct deposit for paychecks; (2) empowering our chief officers to sign other checks. We are a paid department with 5,000 calls a year, three stations, and 60+ employees.

Any guidance will be appreciated.

[WOODMAN]

Check with your accounant to see what he thinks the direct deposit should not be a problem but the second part they may have a problem with unless there is two people signing the checks

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[Chief Taylor]

You should feel lucky, I have a required three signatures for checks to be processed. It is a real bummer.