§ 2.03.020. Consultants.

The city council shall be notified by department heads whenever consultants are hired by the city. The department heads shall report within seven days in writing the name, address and capacity of the consultant or consultant company, and also the source of funding for the consultant or consultant company.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any special or general law to the contrary, all moneys received by the city or any officer or department thereof, except fees provided for by statute, shall be paid by officers of the city upon their receipt into the city treasury. All sums so paid into the city treasury shall not later be used by such officers or department without specific appropriation thereof.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any special or general law to the contrary, officers or departments of the city may accept fees, grants or gifts of funds from the federal government and from a charitable foundation, a private corporation, or an individual, or from the commonwealth or an agency thereof, and in the case of a fee, grant or gift given for educational purposes may expend said funds for the purposes of such fee, grant or gift with the approval of the school committee, and in the case of any other grant or gift may expend such funds for the purpose of such grant or gift with the approval of the mayor and city council.

(C.O.99-312 § 1; C.O. 82-170: prior revision § 2-1.1)