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Council directs staff to draft elected-official travel policy after reviewing staff procedures

3467843 · May 23, 2025
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After reviewing the town’s staff travel procedure, council members asked staff to return with a formal policy for elected officials setting reimbursement guidelines, including a proposed 50-mile threshold for lodging/mileage limitations.

The Fountain Hills Town Council on Tuesday reviewed town staff travel procedures and directed staff to prepare a separate travel-and-training policy for elected officials.

Town manager Rachel and Finance Director Paul outlined the existing staff travel procedure — a 2016 administrative policy that requires preauthorization for travel outside Maricopa County or out of state, uses federal mileage rates, and requires department-level approvals. Council members noted there is currently no…

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