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Committee proposes aligning travel reimbursements and bereavement allowances with state rates
Summary
Members discussed updating the personnel manual to use state per diem rates for meal reimbursements and to adopt state guidance for bereavement allowances.
Committee members reviewed the travel and reimbursement sections of the personnel manual and proposed aligning per diem and bereavement rates with state guidance. Speaker 2 said the manual currently lists specific dollar amounts for meals and that the bereavement rate was updated to "fall on the state rate," meaning the county would follow any state updates.
Participants discussed example meal amounts; a speaker asked whether breakfast was $15 and lunch $20 under the state rate. Speaker 2 said the draft currently uses the state rate as guidance and that staff had not finalized all changes before sending the manual to the legislative body. Another member suggested that fixed amounts (for example, $25 for a group meal) might not cover higher-cost situations.
The committee asked staff to verify current state per diem rates, update the manual accordingly, and return for approval. No formal vote on the per diem language was recorded at the meeting.
