Any city official or city employee intending to attend a convention, conference or meeting or who is required to attend to city business which pertains to municipal affairs which would be of benefit to the city in the discharge of his work, shall file, on a form provided by the Director of Finance, a request with the City Manager, approved by the city official or by the department head, giving the dates of meetings and the place where business is to be transacted, an itemized estimated expense statement and an estimated statement of any other expenditure that the official or employee believes it may be necessary to incur in connection with attendance at the convention, conference, meeting or business on behalf of the city. Only those meetings and expenses authorized in the annual budget may be applied for as provided herein. Meetings and expenses not authorized in the budget shall not be reimbursed except after application to and approval of the City Council.
('86 Code, § 2.60.040) (Ord. 2959, passed - - )