(A) All travel must be by a usually-traveled route. In case a person travels an indirect route for his own convenience, any extra cost shall be borne by the traveler and reimbursement for expenses shall be based only on such charges as would have been incurred by a usually-traveled route. The City Commission shall designate the most economical method of travel for each trip for members of the Commission, the Finance Director, City Manager, and City Attorney, keeping in mind the following conditions:
(1) The nature of the business.
(2) The most efficient and economical means of travel (considering tie of the traveler, cost of transportation, and per diem or subsistence required).
(3) The number of persons making the trip, and the amount of equipment or material to be transported.
(B) Transportation by common carrier when traveling on official business and paid for personally by the traveler shall be substantiated by a receipt therefor. Federal tax shall not be reimbursable to the traveler unless the city is also required by federal law to pay such tax. In the event the transportation other than the most economical class as approved by the City Commission is provided by a common carrier on a flight check or credit card, the charges in excess of the most economical class shall be refunded by the traveler to the city.
(‘69 Code, § 5-189) (Ord. 572, passed 8-19-81)