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Council raises travel reimbursement cap to $3,500, requires council approval for transfers and reports back on purpose
Summary
Columbus City Council voted to update its travel policy, raising the per‑councilor reimbursement cap to $3,500, adding a nontransferability rule unless the full council approves a transfer, and requiring returning travelers to identify subject matter and report back to the council.
Columbus City Council on Wednesday approved an updated council travel policy that sets a $3,500 annual reimbursement cap per councilor, requires council approval for any transfer of travel funds between councilors and asks travelers to identify trip subject matter and report back to council.
The update was proposed as a resolution and amended on the floor by Mayor Pro Tem Gary Allen to add two qualifiers: that each requested trip list its subject matter, and that travel funds be nontransferable among councilors unless the full council votes to allow a transfer. “I plan to support it. I would like to ask council's consideration to add a couple of qualifiers,” Mayor Pro…
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