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<br />~ <br />~~HILLS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />PUBLIC PURPOSE EXPENDITURE POLICY <br /> <br />POLICY <br /> <br />Pursuant to the statutes and laws of the State of Minnesota which permit and require the <br />expenditure of public funds for public purposes, the Arden Hills City Council believes it <br />necessary and appropriate to provide assistance and guidance to the officials, employees and <br />representatives of Arden Hills to aid in the determination of when public funds may be spent <br />for a public purpose. <br /> <br />To provide that assistance and guidance, the Arden Hills City Council adopted these public <br />purpose guidelines for the establishment of operating policies and procedures and the <br />appropriate expenditures of public funds. Based on these guidelines, the City Council <br />authorizes the City Administrator, elected officials and appointed Department Directors to <br />establish administrative policies and procedures that are consistent with these guidelines and <br />the adopted City policies which implement these guidelines. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Definition: A public purpose expenditure is one which relates to a lawful function or <br />activity of the City of Arden Hills, its elected and appointed officials, employees and other <br />representatives. <br /> <br />PUBLIC PURPOSE GUIDELINES <br /> <br />Training, annual professional conferences and development programs for Arden Hills <br />employees serve a public purpose when those training and development programs are directly <br />related to the performance of the employees' job-related duties and are directly related to the <br />programs/services for which the City is responsible. <br /> <br />Payment of employee work-related expenses, including travel, lodging and meal expenses, <br />serves a public purpose when those expenses are necessarily incurred by Arden Hills <br />employees in connection with their actual work assignments or official duties and those <br />expenses are directly related to the performance of the governmental functions for which <br />Arden Hills has responsibility. <br /> <br />Appropriate safety and health programs for Arden Hills employees serve a public purpose <br />because they result in healthier and more productive employees and reduce certain costs to <br />the City and the taxpayers of Arden Hills, including various costs associated with workers <br />compensation and disability benefit claims, insurance premiums, and lost time from employee <br />absences. . <br />