(A) The use of privately-owned vehicles for official travel in lieu of publicly-owned vehicles or common carriers is authorized by the City Commission only if a publicly-owned vehicle is not available. Whenever travel is by privately-owned vehicle, the traveler shall be entitled to a mileage allowance at the fixed rate provided for by the United States General Services Administration, as amended from time to time, as a mileage allowance. Reimbursement for expenditures related to the operation, maintenance, and ownership of a vehicle shall not be allowed when privately-owned vehicles are used on public business and reimbursement is made pursuant to this section.
(B) All mileage shall be shown by stating in writing the odometer reading of the privately-owned vehicle at the time of departure, the odometer reading on the vehicle at the time of conclusion of the trip and the total number of elapsed miles. City Commissioners conducting official business outside of Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach Counties, Florida, must receive prior authorization of the City Commission for the use of their vehicles in that fashion prior to requesting reimbursement. No mileage reimbursement shall be made to the City Commissioner, the City Manager, the City Attorney, or the Finance Director for the use of their privately-owned vehicles for the transportation in Dade, Palm Beach, or Broward County, Florida.
(C) Transportation by chartered or leased vehicles when traveling on official business may be authorized by the City Commission when necessary or where it is to the advantage of the city, provided the cost of the transportation does not exceed the cost of transportation by a privately-owned vehicle pursuant to this section.
(D) No traveler shall be allowed either mileage or transportation expense when he is gratuitously transported by another person or when he is transported by another traveler who is entitled to mileage or transportation expense.
(‘69 Code, § 5-190) (Ord. 572, passed 8-19-81; Am. Ord. 1282, passed 9-16-98)