(a) Expenses. Members of Council, including the Mayor, shall receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties, when appropriations for such expenses have been made by the City Council. Such expenses, or reimbursements for the same, shall comply with the City's Purchasing Manual.
(Charter 4.07)
(b) Expenditures for Guests. The Director of Finance is hereby authorized to expend city funds, when appropriations for such expense have been made by the City Council, for food and nonalcoholic beverages consumed by guests of members of the City Council, including the Mayor, at civic and governmental meetings, conferences and seminars, when such expenditures are in the furtherance of city affairs. Such expenses, or reimbursements for the same, shall comply with the City's Purchasing Manual.
(c) Disputes. The Finance Director shall not pay or reimburse any expenses under this section for which appropriations have not been made or that are not submitted in compliance with the City's Purchasing Manual. In the case of a dispute regarding any expense or reimbursement, the Finance Director shall, at the next regular meeting of the Council, present the matter to City Council for its determination. The Council shall either approve the expense or reimbursement, approve the expense or reimbursement with modification, or deny the expense or reimbursement. Such determination by the Council shall be made by motion and shall be final.
(Ord. 83-33. Adopted 06/23/83; Ord. 2021-23. Adopted 12/29/21)