As previously noted on this blog, funds were advanced for both airfare and meeting registration fees for Councilmember Vaught for a NLC convention which he subsequently did not attend.
Inquiries to the city manager have resulted in the following information being received:
The airfare is available for Mr. Vaught to use within a year. NLC has refunded the registration, all but a $70 change fee.
So the city got back a majority of the money for the NLC registration fee. Good.
What about the airfare?
IMHO, here are the options:
1. Use the airfare in the future, which would also mean spending additional funds for registration, hotel, meals etc.
2. Same as one above, but make sure we keep the number of participants to no more than 2 and that Mr. Vaught is one of the two.
3. Suffer the loss of the airfare without paying for any additional travel related expenses.
I still think these meetings can be beneficial. Just don't feel that we need to send a whole bunch of folks. Would recommend number 2 above.
