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August 24,
2009
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Agenda
Item No. 27 Roll
Call No. 09- Communication No. 09-592 Submitted by: Merrill R. Stanley, Deputy City
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AGENDA
HEADING:
Submitting travel and training requests for T.M.
Franklin Cownie, Kevin Newman and Don Tripp.
SYNOPSIS:
Recommend
approval for travel and training requests listed below.
FISCAL
IMPACT:
Amount:
$1,245 (Cownie); $1,746 (Newman); $1,650
(Tripp)
Funding Source:
·
GE001
MCC010000 – Mayor and Council (Cownie)
·
GE001
CDD161000 – Community Development – Plumbing Inspection (Newman)
·
SP720
HRS980100 – City-wide Training and Benchmarking (Tripp)
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION:
T. M. Franklin Cownie (R-1) Mayor, to Seattle, WA, from October 1 – October 4, 2009 ($1,245), to attend the Fall Leadership Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Issues to be covered include energy and climate protection, surface transportation reauthorization, health care reform, green jobs, community development and housing.
Kevin Newman (R-0) Plumbing Inspector, to San Diego, CA, from September 27 – October 2, 2009, ($1,746), to attend the 2009 annual code conference on the UPC code. The conference will provide a better understanding of code changes and will allow us to relay these changes to our contractors.
Don Tripp (R-0) Parks and Recreation Diretor, to Salt Lake City, UT, from October 12 - 16, 2009, ($1,650), to attend the 2009 National Parks and Recreation Association conference. Educational sessions will focus on parkland management, sustainability of parks, funding and strategic partnerships for greenways, succession planning and LEED projects.
The amount budgeted for travel in Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 is $629,436. The amount expended for travel in FY 2010, as of August 17, 2009, is $24,295.
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,