(A) Each member of the Board of Commissioners of the county and each member of the County Council shall be reimbursed, at the rate per mile then approved by the state for employees of the state, for all miles driven in that member’s vehicle when on county business as that term is hereinafter defined.
(B) The payment shall be made from funds appropriated by the County Council and included in the respective budgets of the County Council and this Board.
(C) For the purposes of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COUNTY BUSINESS.
(a) Includes:
1. Trips within the county to view and inspect county highways, county highway and building construction projects and county buildings;
2. Trips to meet with county or state officials for the purpose of discussing matters of interest and concern to the county, whether or not the meetings are sponsored by organizations of county officials;
3. Trips to attend public meetings of organizations, whether or not the Commissioner or Council member is a member of those organizations, when the Commissioner or Council member deems the content of that meeting to be of interest and concern to county government and when his or her attendance would not occur, but for the fact that he or she holds public office in the county; and
4. Trips to meet with any person or persons possessing expertise or unique information desirable for county government to obtain.
(b) As used herein, COUNTY BUSINESS shall not include trips outside the state or attendance at regular or special meetings of the County Council or Board of Commissioners of the county.
(D) The County Auditor shall be reimbursed, at the rate per mile then approved by the state for employees of the state, for all miles driven to attend meetings of the County Council or Board of Commissioners of the county which are held at a starting time after the regular business hours of the county courthouse have ended, the payment to be made from funds appropriated by the County Council and included in the respective budgets of the County Council and this Board.
(E) The mileage reimbursement entitlements herein enacted shall not apply to trips made prior to the appropriations hereinabove described having been duly made by the County Council. Claims for reimbursement shall be filed and approved in the same manner as required by law for other claims for services rendered to the county.
(F) The mileage reimbursement rate for all persons who incur mileage expense on business for the county shall be the sum of $0.36 per mile. This rate shall go into full force and effect effective with travel beginning March 1, 2016.
(Ord. 89-C-3, passed 2-6-1989; Ord. O-CC-04-1, passed 2-26-2004; Ord. O-CC-05-1, passed 10-27-2005; Ord. O-CC-08-4, passed 6-26-2008; Ord. O-CC-09-1, passed 10-22-2009; Ord. O-CC-11-1, passed 5-19-2011; Ord. O-CC-15-1, passed 7-23-2015; Ord. O-CC-16-1, passed 2-25-2016)