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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 1981 A RESOLUTION concerning the authority the City Manager to enter into agreements with certain employees for the payment of travel allowances to such employees for their use of private vehicles m the performance of their job duties WHEREAS, since the adoption of Resolution No 1461 in October, 1981, the City Manager has been authorized to enter into agreements for travel or "car" allowances with certain employees, and WHEREAS, such agreements have been a cost saving to the City by enabling a motor pool of reduced size and providing a means to reimburse employees who must travel between locations for meetings, heanngs, inspections, and other business or job duties, and WHEREAS, it is time to review and update the policy first authorized by Resolution No 1461, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, DO RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: §1. The City Manager is authorized to enter into agreements with employees he determines eligible, for their receipt of a monthly travel allowance for their use of privately owned vehicles m lieu of their use of a City vehicle for travel on City business in and about the Tn-Cities area (a 25-mile radius from Pasco City Hall) provided such allowance does not exceed $250 per month and the agreement contains the provisions prescribed in § 3 below §2. The City Manager is authorized to use his best discretion in determining the amount of the allowance for each eligible employee, subject to the above maximum amount having given his consideration to all relevant factors includmg frequency of use, annual business mileage, expense to the employee to maintain a vehicle for business use, and the type and age of the vehicle required to be utilized by the employee §3. All travel allowance agreements shall include provisions acceptable to the City Manager and which require the employee To maintain satisfactory liability insurance "for business use", and To maintain the vehicle in a safe and reasonably good operating condition, and To hold the City, its officers, agents and other employees harmless from any damages or loss to the employee arising from any injury or damage suffered by the employee's vehicle or to personal property that APP WVED TO FORM may be placed therein PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this 16th day of December, 1991 CATHERINE D SEAMAN RUB STELLO Deputy City Clerk Ct Atts ney 2