HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02051985 - 2.7 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Contra
Costa
DATE: January 31, 1985 County
SUBJECT: Reimbursement of Candidate Travel Expenses
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
Authorize the County Administrator to approve, upon recommendation of the
Personnel Director, travel related expenses for candidates appearing for
personal interviews for high level administrative and professional positions
in the county service.
BACKGROUND
From time to time during the past year, your Board has approved expense
reimbursement for candidates for department head and other top level
positions in the county service. Occasionally these have involved lengthy
out=of-state travel, but generally they involve travel within the state,
for example from Los Angeles and San Diego, or occasionally travel from
neighboring states such as Oregon and Nevada. Under present policy specific
Board authorization is required for the Auditor-Controller to make payment
for such travel expenses. Difficulties in recruiting top level candidates
make such reimbursement almost essential under current recruitment circum-
stances and, accordingly, a delegation of authority to the County Adminis-
trator to authorize such expenditures is recommended as a work saving
procedure. The Office of the County Administrator will carefully monitor
such requests and see that reimbursement is authorized only for key top
level positions, and that budgeted funds are available.
This delegation will avoid having a specific item on the Board agenda each
time such a request is made and recommended by the County Administrator.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S) J All
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ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED Z4A/. -eA'
Director of Personnel J.R. OLSSON. COUNTY CLERK
Auditor-Controller AND EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE BOARD
M382/7-83 BY DEPUTY