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Apex work session outlines draft policies on p‑cards, stipends, social media and public forum rules
Summary
Staff summarized peer best practices for elected-official financial controls (p‑cards, mileage and stipends), social media guidance and rules for town‑sponsored events and public forum; council directed staff to draft policies for legal review and to return by June.
Staff reviewed a package of best-practice items for elected-official conduct and administration drawn from peer municipalities, then solicited council direction.
On financial controls the Presenter said p‑cards are uncommon for elected officials and that departments typically provide cards that are checked out; the council discussed mileage boundaries (a proposed four‑county area within which mileage would not be reimbursed and outside travel reimbursed at the IRS rate), meal/per‑diem rules when…
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