(a) The City of Carmel may be permitted to make an advance meal expense to a City employee while traveling on City business at the current United States Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) per diem rate for meals and incidental expenses, as amended from time to time by the IRS.
(b) Upon completion of travel, an employee who receives an advance is required to submit original itemized receipts to document meal expenditures and to return all unused funds to the Controller’s office.
(c) If an employee fails to submit the required documentation or fails to return unused funds within the established time frame, the City shall deduct the undocumented and/or unreturned amounts, up to the total amount of the meal advance, from the employee's wages.
(Ord. D-1818-06, § 2, 8-21-06; Ord. D-2067-11, 11-7-11; Ord. D-2505-19, 12-16-19; Ord. D-2660-22, § 3, 12-5-22)