[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Jamestown as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-13-1971 by L.L. No. 6-1971]
[Amended 8-10-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
Any officer or employee of the City who has
been authorized to travel outside the City with expenses to be paid
pursuant to § 77-b of the General Municipal Law shall be
entitled to receive, prior to such travel, an advance of his estimated
expenses, limited however to actual travel cost, necessary tuition
or registration fees, plus an amount not to exceed $100 per day for
meals and lodging.
Such officer or employee shall within 10 days
of his return to the City submit to the Comptroller a travel expense
voucher, which shall be audited and paid in the same manner as ordinary
claims against the City.
[Amended 8-28-2017; 11-25-2019 by L.L. No.
1-2020]
The Comptroller and the City Clerk/Treasurer are hereby authorized to deduct any advances made pursuant to § 47-1 from such audit and to pay the balance, if any, of the approved voucher amount to the officer or employee submitting the same. Any amount drawn in excess of such voucher amount shall be repaid within such ten-day period.
[Adopted 9-24-1990 by L.L. No. 3-1990]
For the purpose of compensating officers and
employees of the City of Jamestown for the use by them of their privately
owned automobiles while engaged in City business, a mileage rate equal
to the mileage rate permitted by the Internal Revenue Service and
Internal Revenue Service Code, as from time to time amended, is hereby
fixed. Such mileage rate shall be payable out of funds appropriated
to the respective departments, boards or offices in which such officers
or employees are employed on claim vouchers approved by the head of
the department, board or office.
