165.01 TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION.

   (a)   All travel by City officers or employees to places outside the City for the purpose of attending meetings, conferences or schools or carrying out other nonroutine City business requiring such travel shall be approved by the official to whom this authority is delegated.

   (b)    Written application shall be made to the proper authority for permission to travel. Such application shall show the purpose of the trip, the destination and the duration of the travel.

   (c)    The President of Council shall approve his/her own travel and that of Council. The Wooster Community Hospital Board shall approve that of their employees. The Mayor shall approve his/her own travel as well as travel for Directors and those division managers reporting directly to him/her. Directors shall approve travel for division managers and employees reporting directly to them. Division managers shall approve travel for employees reporting directly to them.

   (d)    Emergency and routine travel may be authorized by the employee's supervisor in cases where it is not practical to obtain advance permission as provided in subsection (c) above. (Ord. 1987-15. Passed 2-17-87.)