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Channel 2 Interviews
Erickson About High Cost Of Road Trips |
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High Cost Of Roadtrips
Created:
2/13/2006 5:48:31 PM
Updated:
2/13/2006 9:23:43 PM
By Rich Kellman
Senior Correspondent
How much should public employees be reimbursed for
out-of-town trips? At least one town is rethinking what it
pays for meals on the road.
Elected officials in the Town of Evans set their own meal
reimbursement rates. For New York City, "Ninety-five dollars
a day in New York," says Deputy Supervisor Karen Erickson.
Erickson plans to attend a conference in the Big Apple next
week. We tell her that the Town of Amherst recently brought
their reimbursement rates into line with Internal Revenue
Service guidelines.
In the case of a stayover in New York City, the rate would
be $64 per day, not $95 as Evans pays.
"Why not drop your 95 dollars a day
back down to 64 dollars a day, which is the IRS standard?"
we ask.
"I would have to say, that's something we could look into,"
she says. "If that seems to be the trend government is going
and it seems to be the right thing to do, I wouldn't have a
problem with that."
Taxpayers might find the idea downright appetizing, at a
time when they're starving for relief from high taxes.
Taxpayers are scrutinizing everything about local government
nowadays, and they're letting 2-On-Your-Side know about it
This story is one example. We'll
(TV 2) follow up and see what action Evans officials take to
lower the cost of road trips.
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Deputy Supervisor Karen Erickson
Submitted An Expense Voucher (1) For Five (5) Nights
At The Sheraton Hotel (2). She Reimbursed The Town For One
Night By A Personal Check For $224.00 (3).
No Receipts Submitted For Meals, Taxi, Etc.
Town Code Article 48-8 Section B States:
All airline tickets will be purchased personally in
advance of the trip.
For reimbursement, a copy of the plane ticket must
accompany the travel expense voucher.
Town Code Article 48-8 Section D States:
Registration fees are to be paid by the individual
and will be reimbursed upon presentation of a brochure or
announcement depicting the registration fee and a paid
receipt.
Should The
Town of Evans Require Each Attendee To Pay For All Their
Own Expenses The Be Reimbursed After The Convention?
Separate Receipts For Each Meal? Should Receipts For
Shared Items Like Taxi Service Be Divided By The Number Of
People In The Taxi And Each Attendee Submit A Prorated
Amount?
Click Here To
Read Town Code (Law) On Travel Expense!
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WILL THE EVANS TOWN BOARD VOTE AT THE 2-15-2006 MEETING TO
CHANGE THE PER DIEM TO THE IRS STANDARD OF $64.00 A DAY?
WILL THE TOWN BOARD INSTITUTE A STRICTER REIMBURSEMENT POLICY,
SEPARATE RECEIPTS FOR EACH ATTENDEE? |
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