(A) In-county travel.
(1) All county officials and employees shall be entitled to reimbursement for authorized in-county travel by privately owned conveyance in the furtherance of their duties at the official Internal Revenue Service published rate for each mile traveled.
(2) Authorized in-county travel for County Board members shall be as defined by statute or county ordinance, or shall be as approved by the County Administrator, but shall not include travel necessary to attend committee or board meetings listed on the official schedule of meetings maintained by the County Clerk’s office.
(3) In-county travel for county officials and employees shall be defined by statute or county ordinance, or shall be approved by an appropriate supervisor.
(B) Out-of-county travel.
(1) (a) All travel outside the St. Louis metropolitan area shall be approved by the County Administrator for all employees in departments under the Board and by the appropriate county official for employees in other departments prior to the beginning of travel. For the purposes of these regulations, the St. Louis metropolitan area are those counties defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget as being within the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).
(b) Requests for approval for travel outside the St. Louis metropolitan area shall be submitted by written memorandum. Approval by the County Administrator or appropriate county official shall be indicated on a copy for attachment to the travel voucher. No travel voucher will be approved for reimbursement unless accompanied by an approval request.
(2) Trips made outside the county but within the St. Louis metropolitan area require advance oral authorization by the department head for those departments under the County Board or from the appropriate county official for employees in other departments.
(1993 Code, § 31.31) (Ord. 90-8, passed 11-14-1990; Ord. 94-05, passed 4-20-1994; Ord. passed 11-17-1999; Res. passed 5-16-2001; Ord. 2004-5, passed 7-31-2004; Ord. 2007-09, passed 8-15-2007; Ord. 2022-03, passed 7-20-2022)