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Board delays mayoral travel transfer after broader debate over travel priorities
Summary
A proposed transfer to the mayor’s travel and future-purchase budgets was withdrawn after board members asked staff to reconcile prior travel expenditures and return with rules to prioritize essential travel amid tight cash flow.
A proposed ordinance to transfer funds into the mayor’s travel and future-purchase budgets was withdrawn Feb. 18 after an extended discussion about city travel policy and tight cash-flow conditions.
Mayor Patterson Howard explained that, historically, much of her travel expenses were paid through outside organizations when she served on national organizations; that has shifted and she has begun using city travel funds. The mayor described several upcoming conferences that city officials…
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