The city shall process and take action upon a claim submitted pursuant to this chapter, pursuant to the requirements of Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 3 of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code, within forty-five days of its filing with the city clerk. If the city fails to do so, the demand or claim shall be deemed to have been rejected on the last day of the period within which the city was required to act. Action by the city shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of Section 912.4 of the Government Code. The city manager and city risk manager are authorized to perform these functions relating to consideration of claims. The city manager or the city manager’s designee is authorized pursuant to Government Code Section 935.4 to allow, compromise or settle claims against the city if the amount to be paid pursuant to the allowance, compromise or settlement does not exceed fifty thousand dollars. The risk manager or the risk manager’s designee is authorized pursuant to Government Code Section 935.4 to allow, compromise or settle claims against the city if the amount to be paid pursuant to the allowance, compromise or settlement does not exceed ten thousand dollars. Upon the written order of the city manager, the risk manager, or the designee of the city manager or the risk manager in accordance with the authority granted in this section, the city’s chief fiscal officer shall cause a warrant to be issued upon the city treasury in the amount for which a claim has been allowed, compromised or settled in accordance with the authority granted to the city manager pursuant to this section. (Ord. 2826 NCS §3, 2022; Ord. 2573 NCS §1, 2016; Ord. 2177 NCS §1, 2004; Ord. 2169 NCS §1 (part), 2003.)