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June 9, 2008
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Agenda
Item No. 42 Roll
Call No. 08-
Communication No. 08-353 Submitted by: Richard A. Clark, City Manager |
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AGENDA
HEADING:
Submitting training requests for T.M. Franklin
Cownie, Angela Dierenfeld, Eric Nevins & Dan Ritter.
SYNOPSIS:
Recommend
approval for travel and training requests listed below.
FISCAL
IMPACT:
Amount:
- Training
- $2,555 (Cownie); $2,105
(Dierenfeld); $1,274 (Nevins); $1,400 (Ritter)
Funding Source:
·
GE001
MCC010000 – Council – Mayor and Council (Cownie)
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GE001
POL070100 – Police – Detective Bureau (Dierenfeld)
·
IS040
POL011000 – Police – Radio Services Section (Nevins)
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GE001
FIN190000 – Finance – Research and Budget (Ritter)
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION:
T.M. Franklin Cownie (R-4) Mayor, to Miami, FL, from June 19 – 24, 2008, ($2,555), to attend the U.S. Conference of Mayors 76th Annual Conference.
Angela Dierenfeld (R-0), Senior Identification Technician, to Dearborn, MI, from September 15 – 18, 2008, ($2,105), to attend the Advanced Palm Print Comparison Techniques course sponsored by Ron Smith and Associates, Inc. The purpose of this three day workshop is to substantially improve the ability of the latent print examiner to conduct latent print comparisons in a more time and cost efficient manner.
Eric Nevins (R-0), Communications Supervisor, to Kansas City, MO, from July 31 – August 7, 2008, ($1,274), to attend Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) Executive Council meetings as an Iowa Chapter representative, and also to attend the APCO 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition. The conference offers seminars & courses on different aspects of public-safety communications technology.
Dan Ritter (R-0), Research and Budget Officer, to Fort Lauderdale, FL, from June 14 – 18, 2008, ($1,400), to attend the Government Finance Officers Association 102nd Annual Conference – Building a Sustainable Future. The annual conference includes general sessions that feature recognized leaders in the government finance profession and offers more than 60 concurrent sessions and discussion groups that address current issues in government finance.
The amount budgeted for travel in Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 is $502,726. The amount expended for travel in FY 2008 as of June 3, 2008 is $331,011.
PREVIOUS
COUNCIL ACTION(S):
Date: January 20, 1992
Roll Call
Number: 92-214
Action: The City Council approved a revision to the
policy for travel authorization requests.
Such revision requires trips that exceed three days and $1,250 be
approved by the Council. The number in
parentheses indicates the total number of trips previously authorized for that
individual for the current budget year.
BOARD/COMMISSION
ACTION(S): NONE
ANTICIPATED
ACTIONS AND FUTURE COMMITMENTS: NONE
For more information on this and other agenda items,
please call the City Clerk’s Office at 515-283-4209 or visit the Clerk’s Office
on the second floor of City Hall,