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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No g.1 <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 6, 1998 <br />SUBJECT: LOCAL TRAVEL EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT <br />-------------------------------- ------------------------------- <br />DEPARTMENT County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x <br />-------------------------------- ------------------------------- <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: _YES X NO <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT <br />Margaret Brown <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />PURPOSE: To amend Policy #430 "Procedure for Local Travel Expense <br />Reimbursement" to reflect the increase in local travel allowance. <br />BACKGROUND: The mileage rate reimbursement for use of personal vehicle <br />related to County business was increased on July 1, 1998 to 31 cents <br />per mile which is the federal rate. Policy #430 adopted on September <br />18, 1990 and amended on March 20, 1991 and August 4, 1993 set the local <br />travel for the Chair of the County Commissioners at $90.00 and for the <br />County Commissioners at $65.00 per month. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Approve increasing the local travel for the Chair to <br />$120 per month and for the County Commissioners to $90 per month. <br />