(A) The Town Council is hereby authorized to budget and appropriate from the town general fund to pay the expenses of or reimburse town officials, as the case may be, for expenses incurred in promoting the best interests of the town.
(B) Such expenses may include, but are not necessarily limited to, rental of meeting places, donations, memorabilia, awards, expenses incurred in interviewing job applicants, expenses incurred in promoting industrial, commercial and residential development, expenses incurred in developing relationships with other units of government, and any other expenses of a civic or governmental nature deemed by the Town Council to be in the interests of the town.
(C) This section shall apply retroactive to the year 1983 and each subsequent year in which there is a sum budgeted and appropriated by the town for such purposes, and the amount therefor shall be the amount so budgeted and appropriated and as added to, if required, by a compliance with the applicable laws as to additional appropriations.
(Ord. 1997-20, passed 9-29-97)