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Adopt a Resolution to Approve Reimbursement a City Council Member to Attend Strategic Organizational Training
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends the City Council adopt a resolution to approve reimbursement of travel and training expenses incurred a two City Council Member to attend the Senior Executives in State and Local Government executive education program at the Harvard Kennedy School, that is more than the $10,000 allocated to Councilmembers per fiscal year.
BACKGROUND
Councilmembers and the Mayor are provided with a technology budget, a travel and training budget and an apparel budget per fiscal year. City budgets are set by the City Council as part of the budget cycle. The aforementioned budgets for the Mayor and Councilmembers are set per account, the monies are non-transferrable, and cannot carry over from year to year.
Councilmembers currently receive $10,000 and the Mayor receives $15,000 per fiscal year for official City business travel or training, to be reimbursed after providing sufficient supporting documentation to the City Manager.
Approved earlier this fiscal year, on July 17, 2023, Council added to their handbook the following language, "if Councilmembers have unused funds in their official City business Travel/Training budget, unused funds shall be deposited or set aside into a separate fund or pool and held for one fiscal year, to be used to cover the costs of future travel or training expenditures for Councilmembers who have exhausted their budget. Pooled funds will be administered through financial administrative procedures."
As a part of continued leadership development, the City Manager recommended allocating funds in the budget of the City Manager's Office for leadership programs designed and facilitated by higher education institutions. Two very reputable colleges including Harvard University and Stanford University sponsor such programs focused on soft skill leadership development and provide intensive training pr...
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