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Council adopts updated travel policy with business-class exceptions and higher per diem
Summary
The council approved revisions to the city’s Standard Management Procedure 2.11, clarifying international travel rules, allowing business-class reimbursement for flights over eight hours outside the continental U.S., and raising per diem from $83 to $125.
The City Council approved revisions to Standard Management Procedure (SMP) 2.11 governing travel, attendance and expense reimbursement for council members, staff and eligible commissioners.
City Attorney Sunita Sultani read the substantive policy changes into the record. Revisions clarify that travel requests must be approved in advance through the agenda process, and that coach-class air travel is the norm. The policy adds that business-class airfare may be reimbursed for city council members for round-trip travel outside the continental United…
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