(a) The Director of Finance is hereby authorized to pay, upon the written approval of the Mayor, to each municipal official or employee, an allowance equal to the prevailing Internal Revenue Service standard mileage rate per mile for the actual use by such official or employee of his/her own automobile for City business.
(b) Invoices or other written evidence of the mileage and nature of the official business undertaken shall be required by the Director of Finance to be in such form as he shall determine.
(c) Similar reimbursement may be made for actual expenses by the official or employee for parking fees, meals, lodging and other incidental expenses of such trips for approved City business, provided that all such expenditures are reasonable, documented, and do not exceed the amounts budgeted for such expenditures.
(d) In the event of any dispute of the propriety or amount of any such claim for reimbursement, the decision of the Mayor shall be final for all City officials or employees.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any independent contractor providing services to the City or when such contract provides for the reimbursement of such expenses. (Ord. 2011-043. Passed 4-4-11.)