(A) The Town Council is hereby authorized to budget and appropriate funds from the General Fund, or from other available funds, to pay the expenses incurred in promoting the betterment of the municipality.
(B) Expenses incurred in promoting the betterment of the municipality may include, but are in no way limited to, the following:
(1) Membership dues in local, regional, state and national associations of a civic, educational or governmental nature which have as their purpose the betterment and improvement of municipal operations;
(2) Direct expenses for travel, meals and lodging in conjunction with municipal business, meetings or organizations to which the municipality belongs;
(3) Expenses incurred in the promotion of tourism, residential development or economic or industrial development for the municipality, including meeting room rentals, decorations, meals, travel and promotional booths;
(4) Commemorative plaques, certificates or objects, such as a commemorative key;
(5) Annual employee dinner to promote the betterment and morale of town employees;
(6) Items to recognize town employees, such as a retirement gift, cake, dinner and the like, and gifts such as flowers for the illness of a town employee or death in the family; and
(7) Other purposes which are deemed by the Town Council to directly relate to the promotion and betterment of the town.
(Ord. 2022-02, passed 4-12-2022)