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164 <br /> <br /> C. If the trip is eligible for a travel advance, the employee <br />should make a written request, sufficiently in advance, to allow the <br />request to be processed and a check prepared. Advance travel checks <br />will not be issued for less than $50.00. <br /> <br /> D. Department Head approves (or disapproves) travel advance <br />request and fowards to Finance Department for payment. <br /> <br />E. Travel is performed. <br /> <br /> F. A trip sheet is completed by traveler, and approved by the <br />Department Head and forwarded to the Finance Department for settlement. <br /> <br />VI. Travel Advances: For "Travel Outside the County" and "Extraordinary <br />Travel" county employees may receive advances for travel expenses, to <br />avoid personal inconvenience or hardships. The employee must make a <br />request in writing, using the approved trip sheet, estimating the travel <br />cost, and forwarded to the Department Head who will approve as being <br />proper under this policy and forward to the Finance Department in sufficient <br />time for processing. The Finance Department will issue a check in the <br />amount at the approved estimate to the employee. <br /> <br /> Immediately upon completion of the travel, the employee will present <br />an approved trip sheet to the Finance Department and return any money <br />advance in excess of the actual expenses approved on the trip sheet to <br />the Finance Department. Any amount advanced and subject to return to <br />the county, not promptly refunded may be deducted from pay due the <br />employee. <br /> <br />VII. Cqunty Owned Vehicles <br /> <br /> A. Ail county owned vehicles will be left at their duty station <br />during non-working hours except emergency vehicles. These vehicles <br />can be driven home by authorized personnel only. Emergency vehicles <br />are considered to be those of the following departments: Sheriff, Dog <br />Warden, Emergency Services Director, Ambulance and Fire Marshal. <br />Administrative vehicles can be assigned out for any department when <br />available. <br /> <br /> B. County vehicles will not be used for personal use. County <br />vehicles will be left at duty stations during lunch when inside the <br />county unless on official business as outlined in Section 4E of this <br />policy. Anyone using county vehicles will be responsible for checking <br />gas and adding oil as needed. A log sheet will be kept in the vehicle <br />to record beginning and ending mileage, the user department, where <br />traveled and the amount of gas and oil used. <br /> <br /> UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and <br />unanimously carried, the Board endorsed the following resolution involving <br />textile imports and directed that a copy of the resolution be forwarded <br />to Senators John P. East and Jesse A. Helms and Representative W. G. Hefner <br />along with the expressed concern of the Board regarding the new Internal <br />Revenue Services regulations relating to travel matters. <br /> <br />R E S'O L U T I O N <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the textile and apparel industries contribute substantially <br />to the entire national economy, and more particularly to the economy of <br />our region; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, employees of these industries have exemplified the highest <br />standards of productivity, efficiency and citizenship; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, 73,977 families in the eight County Centra!ina region depend <br />upon these industries for their livelihood; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, these American industries have been adversely affected in <br />recent years by the growing volume of imports of textile and apparel <br />products from foreign counties; and <br /> <br /> <br />