South Pasadena Municipal Code Art. I In General

Special meetings of the city council may be called at any time in the manner prescribed by law. (Ord. No. 1120, § 1; Ord. No. 1238, § 2; Ord. No. 1348, § 1; Ord. No. 1427, § 1; Ord. No. 1623, § 1; Ord. No. 1679, § 1; Ord. No. 1836, § 1; Ord. No. 1838, § 1; Ord. No. 1845, § 1; Ord. No. 1873, § 1; Ord. No. 1878, § 1; Ord. No. 1891, § 2.)

Pursuant to authority granted by the Government Code of the state, the mayor pro tempore, an officer of the city, is authorized, in the absence of the mayor, to sign the following documents:

• (a) All warrants drawn on the city treasurer;

• (b) All written contracts and conveyances made or entered into by the city;

• (c) All instruments requiring the city seal.

In the absence of both the mayor and the mayor pro tempore, the city manager or, in his absence, the assistant city manager is authorized to sign the aforesaid warrants, contracts, conveyances and instruments requiring the city seal. (Ord. No. 1219, §§ 1, 2.)

The fiscal year of the city shall be the fiscal year as fixed by California Government Code § 13290. It shall commence on July 1st and end on June 30th of the following year. (Ord. No. 399, § 1; Ord. No. 1983, § 2.)

No suit shall be brought for money or damages against the city, or any employee, officer, board member or commission member of the city, until a demand for payment of the same has been presented and filed in the manner hereinafter specified, and has been rejected in whole or in part. If rejected in part, suit may be brought to recover the whole.

All demands shall be in writing, shall be denominated a “claim,” shall be signed and verified by the claimant, shall give the claimant’s post office and residence address, shall be addressed to the council and filed with the city clerk. A copy shall be served personally on the employee, officer, board member or commission member. In presenting a demand not founded upon contract, full details as to the nature of the demand, the time and place when and where it arose, the public property or the public officers or employees alleged to be at fault, the nature, extent and amount of the injury or damage claimed, and all other details necessary to a full consideration of the merit and legality of such demand must be stated. All other demands must be fully itemized and must specify the date of each item thereof.

Except in those cases where a shorter period of time is otherwise provided by law, all claims relating to a cause of action for death or for injury to person or to personal property or growing crops shall be presented not later than six months after the accrual of the cause of action and all claims relating to any other cause of action shall be presented not later than one year after the accrual of the cause of action. (Ord. No. 1983, § 2.)