(A) All travel except within Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach counties, Florida, must be authorized by the City Commission in advance. No reimbursement for travel is authorized outside of Broward, Dade, or Palm Beach Counties unless approved in advance by the City Commission. This shall pertain to travel by members of the city commission the City Manager, the Finance Director, and the City Attorney. Department heads and city employees not enumerated herein shall be authorized to travel by the City Manager only if the travel expenses are budgeted in advance. (For travel within Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach Counties, see § 34.81).
(B) Traveling expenses of travelers shall be limited to those expenses absolutely necessarily incurred by them in the performance of a public purpose authorized by law and to be performed by the agency. A traveler who combines personal and official travel is permitted reimbursement only for the portion of the travel which is official in nature.
(C) In order to comply with state statutes, the official headquarters of the city is deemed to be the City Hall of the City of Pembroke Pines, Broward County, Florida, 10211 Taft Street, or such other official city hall location designation within the city.
(D) Broward County League of Cities dinners, seminars. For provision concerning, see § 34.82.
(E) For purposes of reimbursement rates and methods of calculations, per diem and subsistence allowances are subject to the following:
(1) All travelers may be allowed reimbursement for subsistence when traveling to a convention or conference or when traveling outside the state in order to conduct bona fide public business, when the convention, conference or business serves a direct and lawful public purpose with relation to the city.
(2) Either of the following, but not both of the following, shall be the method of reimbursement. A selection of the method to be used must be made by the traveler prior to the travel incurred, in writing, by memorandum to the Finance Director of the city:
(a) Up to the per diem dollar amount authorized by the United States General Services Administration, as amended from time to time; or
(b) Up to the amounts permitted by the United States General Services Administration, as amended from time to time for meals, plus actual expense for lodging at a single-occupancy rate to be substantiated by bills paid therefor.
(‘69 Code, § 5-188) (Ord. 572, passed 8-19-81; Am. Ord. 1282, passed 9-16-98)