Item P3BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Meeting Date: July 16, 2008
Bulk Item: Yes X No
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Division: Employee Services
Staff Contact Person/Phone#: Teresa Aguiar X4458
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Public hearing to amend Monroe County ordinance to decrease the
reimbursement amounts for breakfast, lunch and dinner for Commissioners, officers and employees
while on Class C travel on official business.
ITEM BACKGROUND: The current ordinance provides higher subsistence amounts and it is now
desired to decrease the amounts as directed by the BOCC on July 2, 2008.
PREVIOUS REVELANT BOCC ACTION: On February 18, 2004, the Board approved the current
reimbursement rates.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Approval.
TOTAL COST: N/A BUDGETED: Yes — No
COST TO COUNTY: (savings)
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes — No X AMOUNT PER MONTH Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing Risk Management
DOCUMENTATION: Included X To Follow Not Required
DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM #
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UNTYMONROE
KEY WEST FLORIDA 33040
(305)294-4641
Office of the Employee Services Division Director
The Historic Gato Cigar Factory
1100 Simonton Street, Suite 268
Key West, FI. 33040
(305)292-4458 — Phone
(305) 292-4564 - Fax
TO: Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Teresa E. Aguiar, Director
Employee Services
DATE: July 1, 2008
SUBJ: Travel Reimbursement
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BOARD OF COUM CONTMISSIONFERS
Mayor Mario Di Gennaro, District 4
Mayor Pro Tem Charles "Sonny" McCoy, District 3
Dixie M. Spehar. District I
George Veugent, District 2
Sylvia J. Viurphy, District 5
At the July 2, 2008 BOCC meeting, the Board approved to hold a public hearing regarding the change in ordinance to decrease subsistence
reimbursement amounts for Commissioners, officers and employees. This ordinance will amend Section 2-608(2), Monroe County Code to reimburse
$6.00 for breakfast, $11.00 for lunch and $19.00 for dinner to the traveler while on Class C travel on official business.
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONSIDER
ADOPTION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN that on July 16, 2008, at
3:00 P.M., or as soon thereafter as it may be heard, at the Harvey Government Center, 1200
Truman Avenue, Key West, Monroe County, Florida, the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, intends to consider the adoption of the following County ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 2-608(2), MONROE
COUNTY CODE; PROVIDING FOR DECREASE IN SUBSISTENCE TO
BREAKFAST $6.00; LUNCH $11.00; DINNER $19.00; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAT, OF ALL ORDINANCES
INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO
THE MONROE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
Interested parties may appear at the meeting and be heard on this matter.
Pursuant to Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes, notice is given that if a person decided to appeal any
decision made by the Board with respect to any matter considered at such hearings or meetings, he will
need a record of the proceedings, and that, for such purpose, he may need to ensure that a verbatim
record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the
appeal is to be based.
Copies of the above -referenced ordinance are available for review at the various public libraries in
Monroe County, Florida.
Dated at Key West, Florida, this 3rd day of July, 2008.
(SEAL)
Publication Dates:
Reporter 7/12/08
Keynoter 7/5/08
KW Citizen 7/5/08
DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk of the Circuit Court
and ex officio Clerk of the Board of County
Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida
ORDINANCE NO. — 2008
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-608(2), MONROE
COUNTY CODE; PROVIDING FOR DECREASE IN
SUBSISTENCE TO BREAKFAST $6.00; LUNCH $11.00;
DINNER $19.00; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES
INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR
INCORPORATION INTO THE MONROE COUNTY CODE OF
ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Monroe County Code Chapter 2, Article XXVI sets forth
provisions governing travel reimbursements for Commissioners, officers and
employees of Monroe County; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners passed Ordinance No.
004-2004 pursuant to Section 112.061(14), Florida Statutes, allowing counties
to provide for per idem, meals and mileage reimbursements in excess of the
rates established for state agencies by that statute; and
WHEREAS, due to the County's current dire financial situation, the
Monroe County Board of County Commissioners now desires to decrease
qP subsistence reimbursement amounts for Commissioners, officers and
employees to that which is currently provided in Section 112.061(6)(b), Florida
Statutes, to assist in remedying the situation just described; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County could realize a substantial savings by
implementing this change; now therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA as follows:
[PROPOSED TEXT CHANGES are presented in styeto
indicate deletions and underline to indicate additions.]
Section 1. Section 2-608(2), Monroe County Code, shall be amended to read
as follows:
(2) All travelers
shall be allowed the
following
amounts
for
subsistence
while on Class C travel
on official
business
ams
a. Breakfast ........................$@- 6.00
b. Lunch.............................43. 11.00
c. Dinner............................27.00 19.00
qp Section 2. SEVERABILITY. If any portion of this ordinance is for any reason
held invalid or declared to be unconstitutional, inoperative or void, such
holding shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance. If this
ordinance or any provision thereof shall be held to be inapplicable to any
person, property or circumstances, such holding shall not affect its
applicability to any other person, property or circumstances.
Section 3. CONFLICT WITH OTHER ORDINANCES. All ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent
of said conflict.
Section 4. INCLUSION IN CODE OF ORDINANCES. The provisions of this
ordinance shall be included and incorporated in the Code of Ordinances of the
County of Monroe, Florida, as an addition or amendment thereto, and shall be
appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform numbering system of the
Code.
Section 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon passage at the public meeting described above, provided that a copy is
thereafter filed with the Florida Department of State as provided in Section
125.66(2)(b), Florida Statutes.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the day of
, 2008.
Mayor Mario Di Gennaro
Mayor Pro Tern Charles "Sonny" McCoy
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Dixie M. Spehar
Commissioner Sylvia J. Murphy
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L. KOHLAGE, Clerk
0 Deputy Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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Mayor/Chairperson
MON OE COUNTY ATTORNEY
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Board of County Commissioners
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, PURSUANT TO SEC. 112.061(14),
FLORIDA STATUTES, CREATING CHAPTER 2, ART. XXVI, MONROE
COUNTY CODE, ADOPTING A TRAVEL, PER DIEM, MEALS, AND
MILF-AGE POLICY FOR MONROE COUNTY COMMISSION MEMBERS AND
COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; FURTHER ESTABLISHING
TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR PER DIEM AT $100 PER DAY,
BREAKFAST AT $6.50, LUNCH AT *13.50, DINNER AT $27.00, AND
MILEAGE AT ¢.40 PER MILE WHEN USING PRIVATE VEHICLES ON
COUNTY BUSINESS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING
FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH;
PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE MONROE COUNTY CODE
OF ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the reimbursement amounts allowed County Commissioners, officers and
employees under Sec. 112.061, FS, when traveling on County business have remained the
same for many years;
WHEREAS, as a result those reimbursement amounts no longer bear any reasonable
resemblance to the amounts a County Commissioner, County officer or employee must
spend on meals and mileage when gaveling on County business thus requiring the official
traveler to spend his or her funds with only partial reimbursement; and
WHEREAS, Sec. 112.061(14), FS, was recently adopted by the Legislature in order to
allow the various county commissions to increase reimbursement amounts for county
commissioners and county officers and employees beyond the otherwise mandatory
statutory amounts to remedy the situation just described;
WHEREAS, the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners desires to utilize the
authority granted In Sec. 112.061(14), FS; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section..ls Chapter 2, Article XXVI, Monroe County Code, is hereby created to read
as follows:
3%W. 2-504, De initiOns. For the purposes of this ordinance, the following words
shall have the meanings Indicated.
(a) "Agency" or "public agency" shall mean Monroe County, Florida.
(b) "Agency head" or 'head of the agency" shall mean the County Administrator
(c) "County officer" or "public officer" shalt mean a County Commissioner
(d) " Employee" or "public employee" shall mean an individual, whether commissioned or
not, other than an officer or authorized person as defined herein, who is filling a regular or
full-time authorized position and is responsible to the County Administrator. The term shall
also include the County Attorney and any Assistant County Attorney.
(e) "Authorized person" shall mean:
1. A person other than a public officer or employee as defined herein who Is authorized by
the agency head to Incur travel expenses in the performance of official duties.
2. A person who is called upon by the County, pursuant to a written agreement, to
contribute time and services as consultant or adviser.
3. A person who is a candidate for an executive or professional position, which position is
Identified as such by County policy.
(f) "Traveler" shall mean a public officer, public employee, or authorized person, when
performing authorized travel.
(9) "Travel expense", "traveling expenses', "necessary expenses while traveling", "actual
expenses while traveling", or words of similar nature shall mean the usual ordinary and
incidental expenditures necessarily incurred by a traveler.
(h) "Common carrier" means a train, bus, commercial airifne operating scheduled Rights,
or rental cars of an established rental car firm.
(I) "Travel day" means a period of 24 hours consisting of four quarters of 6 hours each.
(j) "Travel period" means a period of time between the time of departure and time of
return.
(k) "Class A travel" means continuous travel of 24 hours or more away from official
headquarters.
(1) "Class B travel" means continuous travel of less than 24 hours which involves overnight
absence from official headquarters.
(m) "Class C travel" means travel for short or day trips where the traveler is not away
from his or her official headquarters overnight.
(n) "Foreign travel" means travel outside the United States.
(o) "Official headquarters" means the building or site in which the public officer or
employee performs his or her job duties or In which he or she has been assigned an office
or work space.
Sec. 2-0AUTHQRI IY To INCUQ C
(a) All travel must be authorized and approved by the County Administrator, or his or her
designated representative.
(b) Travel expenses of travelers shall be limited to those expenses necessarily incurred by
them in the performance of a public purpose authorized by law to be performed by the
County and must be within the limitations prescribed by this ordinance.
(c) Travel by public officers or employees serving temporarily In behalf of another agency
or partly in behalf of more than one agency at the same time, or authorized persons who
are called upon to contribute time and services as consultants or advisers, may be
authorized by the County Administrator.
(d) Travel expenses of public employees for the sole purpose of taking merit system or
other job placement examinations, written or oral, shall not be allowed under any
circumstances, except that upon prior written approval of the County Administrator or the
Board of County Commissioners candidates for executive or professional positions may be
allowed travel expenses pursuant to this section.
(e) The County Administrator, or a designated representative, may pay by advancement or
reimbursement, or a combination thereof, the costs of per diem of travelers and authorized
persons for foreign travel at the current rates as specified In the federal publication
"Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas)" and Incidental expenses
as provided In this section.
(f) A traveler who becomes sick or Injured while away from his or her official headquarters
and is therefore unable to perform the official business of the County may continue to
receive subsistence as provided in subsection (6) during this period of illness or Injury until
such time as he or she Is able to perform the official business of the County or returns to
his or her official headquarters, whichever is earlier. Such subsistence may be paid when
approved by the County Administrator or his or her designee.
Sec. 2-606 OFRCIAL HEAQM ARTERS LOC 710N The official headquarters
location of an officer or employee assigned to an office shall be the geographical area in
which the office is located. For purposes of this ordinance, geographical area shaft mean
either the Lower Keys, the Middle Keys, or the Upper Keys.
Sec. 2-607, COMPUTATION OF TRAVEL TIME FOR REIMBURSEMENT. For purposes
of reimbursement and methods of calculating fractional days of travel:
(a) The travel day for Class A travel shall be a calendar day (midnight to midnight). The
travel day for Class B travel shall begin at the same time as the travel period. For Class A
and Class B travel, the traveler shall be reimbursed one-flourth of the authorized rate of per
them for each quarter, or fraction thereof, of the travel day Included within the travel
Period. Class A and Class B travel shall Include any assignment on official business outside
of regular office hours and away from offic#al headquarters when it is considered reasonable
and necessary to stay overnight and for which travel expenses are approved.
(b) A traveler shall not be reimbursed on a per diem basis for Class C travel, but shall
receive subsistence as provided in this section, which allowance for meals shall be based on
the Blowing schedule:
I. Breakfast --When travel begins before 6 a.m. and extends beyond 8 a.m.
2. Lunch --when travel begins before 12 noon and extends beyond 2 p.m.
3. Dinner --When travel begins before 6 p.m. and extends beyond 8 p.m., or when travel
occurs during nighttime hours due to special assignment.
No allowance shall be made for meals when travel Is confined to the geographical area of
the official headquarters, except travelers will be entitled to the appropriate meal allowance
as follows:
1. If the official headquarters location of the traveler is in the tower Keys, and the traveler
goes beyond the flashing traffic signal on Sugarloaf Key (approximately Mile Marker 17).
2. If the official headquarters location of the traveler is in the Middle Keys, and the traveler
goes beyond the south end of the Spanish Harbor Bridge, or the traveler goes beyond the
north end of the tong Key Bridge.
3. If the official headquarters location of the traveler is in the Upper Keys, and the traveler
goes beyond Mile Marker 76 on tower Matecumbe Key, or the traveler goes beyond the
south city limits of Florida City in Dade County.
Sec. 2-608 SATES OF PER DIEM AND SUBSIINCE ALLOWANCE. OWANCE. For purposes of
reimbursement rates and methods of calculation, per diem and subsistence allowances are
divided into the following groups and rates:
(a) All travelers shall be allowed for subsistence when traveling to a convention or
conference or when traveling within or outside the state In order to conduct bona fide state
business, which convention, conference, or business serves a direct and lawful public
purpose with relation to the public agency served by the person attending such meeting or
conducting such business, either of the following for each day of such travel at the option of
the traveler:
I. One Hundred dollars per diem; or
2. If actual expenses exceed $100, the amounts permitted in paragraph (b) for meals, plus
actual expenses for lodging at a single -occupancy rate to be substantiated by paid bills
therefor.
When lodging or meals are provided at a state institution, the traveler shall be reimbursed
only for the actual expenses of such lodging or meals, not to exceed the maximum
provided for in this subsection.
(b) All travelers shall be allowed the hallowing amounts for subsistence while on Gass c
travel on official business as provided In paragraph (5)(b):
1. Breakfast $ 6.50
2. Lunch $13.50
3. Dinner $27.00
(c) No one, whether traveling out of state or In state, shall be reimbursed for any meal or
lodging Included in a convention or conference tegistmtion fee pail by the state.
Sec.2-609 TRANSPORTATION
(a) All travel must be by a usually traveled route. In case a person travels by an indirect
route for his or her own convenience, any extra costs shall be borne by the traveler; and
reimbursement for expenses shall be based only on such charges as would have been
Incurred by a usually traveled route. The County Administrator or his or her designee shall
designate the most economical method of travel for each trip, keeping in mind the following
conditions:
1. The nature of the business.
2. The most efficient and economical means of travel (considering time of the traveler,
impact on the productivity of the traveler, cost of transportation, and per diem or
subsistence required). When it is more efficient and economical to either the traveler or the
agency head, jet service offered by any airline, whether on state contract or not, may be
used when the cost Is within an approved threshold determined by the County
Administrator or his or her designee.
3. The number of persons making the trip and the amount of equipment or material to be
transported.
(b) Transportation by common carrier when traveling on official business and paid for
personally by the traveler, shall be substantiated by a receipt therefor. Federal tax shall not
be reimbursable to the traveler unless the state and other public agencies are also required
by federal law to pay such tax. In the event transportation other than the most economical
class as approved by the County Administrator is provided by a common carrier on a flight
check or credit card, the charges In excess of the most economical class shall be refunded
by the traveler to the County.
(c) The use of privately owned vehicles for official travel in lieu of publicly owned vehicles
or common carriers may be authorized by the County Administrator or his or her designee.
Whenever travel Is by privately owned vehicle, the traveler shall be entitled to a mileage
allowance at a fixed rate of 40 cents per mile or the common carrier fare for such travel, as
determined by the County Administrator. Reimbursement for expenditures related to the
operation, maintenance, and ownership of a vehicle shall not be allowed when privately
owned vehicles are used on public business and reimbursement Is made pursuant to this
paragraph, except as provided in subsection (8).
2. All mileage shall be shown from point of origin to point of destination and, when
possible, shall be computed on the basis of the current map of the Department of
Transportation. Vicinity mileage necessary for the conduct of official business is allowable
but must be shown as a separate Item on the expense voucher.
(e) Transportation by chartered vehicles when traveling on official business may be
authorized by the County Administrator when necessary or where it Is to the advantage of
the agency, provided the cost of such transportation does not exceed the cost of
transportation by privately owned vehicle pursuant to paragraph (d).
(f) The County Administrator or his or her designee may grant monthly allowances in fixed
amounts for use of privately owned automobiles on official business in lieu of the mileage
rate provided in paragraph (d). Allowances granted pursuant to this paragraph shall be
reasonable, taking Into account the customary use of the automobile, the roads customarily
traveled, and whether any of the expenses Incident to the operation, maintenance, and
ownership of the automobile are paid from funds of the agency or other public funds. Such
allowance may be changed at any time, and shall be made on the basis of a signed
statement of the traveler, flied before the allowance is granted or changed, and at least
annually thereafter. The statement shall show the places and distances for an average
typical month"s travel on official business, and the amount that would be allowed under the
approved rate per mile for the travel shown in the statement, If payment had been made
pursuant to paragraph (d).
(g) No contract may be entered into between a public officer or employee, or any other
person, and the County in which a depreciation allowance is used in computing the amount
due by the agency to the individual for the use of a privately owned vehicle on officlal
business.
(h) No traveler shall be allowed either mileage or transportation expense when
gratuitously transported by another person or when transported by another traveler who is
entitled to mileage or transportation expense. However, a traveler on a private aircraft
shall be reimbursed the actual amount charged and paid for the fare for such transportation
up to the cost of a commercial airline ticket for the same flight, even though the owner or
pilot of such aircraft Is also entitled to transportation expense for the same flight under this
subsection.
(a) The following incidental travel expenses of the traveler may be reimbursed:
1. Taxi fare.
2. Ferry fares; and bridge, road, and tunnel toils.
3. Storage or parking fees.
4. Communication expense.
5. Convention registration fee while attending a convention or conference which will serve
a direct public purpose with relation to the County. A traveler may be reimbursed the actual
and necessary fees for attending events which are not Included in a basic registration fee
that directly enhance the public purpose of the participation of the County In the
conference. Such expenses may Include, but not be limited to, banquets and other meat
functions. It shall be the responsibility of the traveler to substantiate that the charges were
proper and necessary. However, any meals or lodging Included in the registration fee will
be deducted in accordance with the allowances provided in subsection (6).
Sec. 2-611. RULES. The County Administrator may adopt such rules, Including, but
not limited to, the general criteria to be used by the agency to predetermine justification
for attendance by officers and employees and authorized persons at conventions and
conferences, and prescribe such forms as are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this
ordinance. The County Administrator may also adopt rules prescribing the proper
disposition and use of promotional items and rebates offered by common carriers and other
entities in connection with travel at public expense.
Sec. 2-612 FRAUDULENT CLAMS. Claims submitted pursuant to this section shall
not be required to be sworn to before a notary public or other officer authorized to
administer oaths, but any claim authorized or required to be made under any provision of
this ordinance shall contain a statement that the expenses were actually Incurred by the
traveler as necessary travel expenses In the performance of official duties and shall be
verified by a written declaration that it is true and correct as to every material matter.
(a) Any person who willfully makes and subscribes any such claim which he or she does
not believe to be true and correct as to every material matter, or who willfully aids or
assists in, or procures, counsels, or advises the preparation or presentation under the
provisions of this ordinance of a claim which is fraudulent or is false as to any material
matter, whether or not such falsity or fraud is with the knowledge or consent of the person
authorized or required to present such claim, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second
degree as provided by statute, punishable as provided in s. 775,082 or s. 775.083., and
whoever shall receive an allowance or reimbursement by means of a false claim shall be
civilly liable in the amount of the overpayment for the reimbursement of the public fund
from which the claim was paid pursuant to the provisions of Section 112.061, Florida
Statutes.
(b) Any person who willfully makes and subscribes any such claim which he or she does
not believe to be true and correct as to every material matter, or who willfully aids or
assists in, or procures, counsels, or advises the preparation or presentation under the
provisions of this ordinance of a claim which is fraudulent or Is false as to any material
matter, whether or not such falsity or fraud is with the knowledge or consent of the person
authorized or required to present such claim, and whoever shall receive an allowance or
reimbursement by means of a false claim, shall be subject to discipline, up to and including
termination of employment. The amount Involved shall not be material to the discipline to
be Imposed.
Sec. 2-613, TRAVEL VOUCHER FORMS The County Administrator shall furnish a
uniform travel voucher form which shall be used by all travelers and authorized persons
when submitting travel expense statements for approval and payment. No travel expense
statement shall be approved for payment unless made on the form prescribed and
furnished by the County Administrator. The travel voucher form shall provide for, among
other things, the purpose of the official travel and a certification or affirmation, to be signed
by the traveler, indicating the truth and correctness of the claim In every material matter,
that the travel expenses were actually Incurred by the traveler as necessary in the
Performance of official duties, that per diem claimed has been appropriately reduced for
any meals or lodging included In the convention or conference registration fees claimed by
the traveler, and that the voucher conforms In every respect with the requirements of this
section.
Sec. 2-614 ADVANCEMENTS Notwithstanding any of the foregoing restrictions and
limitations, the County Administrator or his or her designee may make, or authorize the
making of, advances to cover anticipated costs of travel to travelers. Such advancements
may include the costs of subsistence and travel of any person transported in the care or
custody of the traveler In the performance of his or her duties.
Sec. 2-615, DIRECT PAYMENT OF ExPEN By AQENLv, Whenever the County
requires an employee or public officer to Incur either Class A or Class B travel on
emergency notice to the traveler, such traveler may request the agency to pay his or her
expenses for meals and lodging directly to the vendor, and the agency may pay the vendor
the actual expenses for meals and lodging during the travel period, limited to an amount
not to exceed that authorized pursuant to tits section. In emergency situations, the County
Administrator or his or her designee may authorize an increase in the amount paid for a
specific meal, provided that the total daily cost of meals does not exceed the total amount
authorized for meals each day. The County Administrator or his or her designee may also
grant prior approval to make direct payments of travel expenses in other situations that
result in cost savings to the agency.
5ection2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of this
ordinance is held Invalid, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected by such
invalidity.
59=12 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed to the extent of said conflict.
Section 4. The provisions of this ordinance shall be included and incorporated in
the Code of Ordinances of the County of Monroe, Florida, as an addition or amendment
thereto, and shall be appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform numbering
system of the Code.
Section, This ordinance shall take effect Immediately upon receipt of official
notice from the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida that this ordinance
has been filed with said Office.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 18th day of February
2004.
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