(A) Subject to divisions (B) and (C) below, employees and elected officials will be reimbursed for the use of a personal vehicle on official Elkhart County business at the Internal Revenue Service standard mileage rate for employees operating an automobile for business purposes as established from time to time. The Internal Revenue Service standard mileage rate to be paid will be the applicable rate in effect at the time the travel occurred for which the mileage was incurred.
(B) In lieu of using a personal vehicle for official Elkhart County business, department heads and elected officials are instructed to maximize the use of Elkhart County vehicles for official Elkhart County business whenever reasonably available and feasible.
(C) In the event a grant, loan, participation, commitment, donation, or other agreement to which Elkhart County is bound provides mileage reimbursement for the use of a personal vehicle on official Elkhart County business at a rate lower than the Internal Revenue Service standard mileage rate, Elkhart County employees and elected officials will be reimbursed for the use of a personal vehicle on official Elkhart County business in connection with the grant, loan, participation, commitment, donation, or other agreement at the mileage rate provided in the respective agreement.
(Prior Code, § 36-2-7-3) (Order of 1-12-1991, 91 CCM 6; Ord. 93-809, passed 10-18-1993, 93 COM REC 809; Ord. 97-CC97-8(0), passed 12-20-1997; Ord. 2000-3, passed 7-8-2000; Ord. 2001-5, passed 7-14- 2001; Ord. 2004-CC-15, passed 12-11-2004; Ord. 05-CC-05-17, passed 10-8-2005; Ord. CC-08-03, passed 5-10-2008; Ord. CC-09-20, passed 10-3-2009; CC-2022-06, passed 6-11-2022)