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Odessa council to consider updated travel policy that mirrors staff rules

3527868 · May 28, 2025

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Summary

City staff told the council the updated travel policy aligns council travel procedures with the city’s employee travel policy; mayor or mayor pro tem will sign off on travel and finance will process reimbursements. The update will appear on the next council agenda for approval.

City staff reported to the Odessa City Council workshop on May 27 that the council’s travel policy has been updated to mirror the City of Odessa employee travel policy and will be placed on the next council meeting agenda for approval.

Presenter Norma said the council’s existing travel rules date to the 1990s and the proposed update mirrors current staff procedures. "The city council has a travel policy. It is back when it was first, formed. It was back in the nineties," Norma said.

Norma said the mayor or the mayor pro tem will sign off on any council travel approvals; after that sign‑off the finance department will process reimbursements and receive the associated reports. City staff indicated the revision will return to the council in a formal agenda item for final approval.

Council members asked procedural questions during the workshop; no formal vote or final approval occurred at the session. The policy update is scheduled to appear on the council’s next posted agenda for consideration and possible adoption.