An employee who is required by a department head to use his or her private automobile for City business, including schools, seminars, conferences and other similar requests made through the department, shall be compensated for such automobile use at the rate established by Publication 1542 of the Internal Revenue Service. If out of town travel is necessary, expenses such as room, board, meals, etc., will be reimbursed by the City.
Upon the completion of an authorized trip, or after incurring an authorized expense, an employee or official shall submit, to the Director of Finance, within one week of his or her return from the trip or within one week after incurring the expense, an account of such expenditure on a form provided by the Director. Trips and expenses shall be authorized in the same manner as requisitions for purchases.
(Ord. 11-97. Passed 2-25-97.)