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Woodstock council adopts travel policy, approves consent agenda and makes two personnel appointments
Summary
The council approved a travel-policy revision adding per-diem options, adopted a five-item consent agenda, approved minutes, and appointed Brian Wolf as mayor pro tem; Holly Romeo was appointed to the Parks & Rec advisory board (vote count for that appointment not specified in transcript).
The Woodstock mayor and council voted to add a per-diem option to the city's travel policy, approved the consent agenda, and completed two appointments during the Jan. 27 meeting.
Those actions matter because the travel-policy change alters how city employees may be reimbursed for meal expenses while traveling on city business; the consent agenda and appointments finalize administrative business and board membership.
Council voted to adopt the travel-policy update that adds a per-diem alternative to existing credit-card reimbursement. Mr. Shelby (staff) described the change as a hybrid approach allowing employees either to use a city or personal credit card with receipt reconciliation or to request a per-diem tied to the destination cityrates (based on GSA meal rates). Shelby said per-diem requests require at least two weeks' lead time and…
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