(A) The Common Council is authorized to budget and appropriate funds from the general fund or from other funds to provide membership for the city and the elected and appointed officials and members of the municipality's boards, council, department, or agencies in local, regional, state, and national associations of a civic, educational or governmental nature, which have as their purpose the betterment and improvement of municipal operation.
(B) The Common Council is further authorized to budget and appropriate funds to pay the expenses of daily authorized representatives to attend the meetings and functions of organization to which the city belongs.
(`84 Code, § 2-56)