Extra money for travel costs above the daily limit

A. Whenever the officer or employee's commercial lodging cost exceeds a lodging allowance of $40 per twenty-four-hour day for intrastate travel or $80 per twenty-four-hour day for out-of-state travel, the officer or employee shall be entitled to an additional amount added to his or her per diem. This amount shall be equal to the difference of the actual daily cost of commercial lodging and $40 or $80, as applicable, multiplied by the number of days of commercial lodging required. Whenever possible, requests for excess commercial lodging expenses shall be made in advance of the officer or employee's trip. Effective July 1, 1990 the lodging allowance shall be increased to $50 for intrastate travel and $85 for out-of-state travel. B. Whenever the allowances provided for in this chapter are insufficient to cover the cost of commercial lodging, ground transportation and other reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by an officer or employee on official travel, the mayor or, in the case of the county council and its staff, the council chairman may authorize additional payments to cover such excess costs or expenses; provided, that substantiating receipts are submitted. (Ord. 1839 § 1 (part), 1989: Ord. 1648 § 1 (part), 1987: Ord. 1050 § 1 (part), 1980: prior code § 5-4.5)