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Date: 12/8/03 <br />Item Number: DC. A. <br />Department Approval Manager Approval Agenda Section <br />W'61� <br />Item Description: <br />Car Allowances <br />Back round: <br />Organizational Business <br />During the November 24th meeting, the Council discussed car allowances provided to certain City staff. <br />Council requested more information about these allowances. The following report discusses (A) the <br />history of these allowances, (B) data about what other similarly-sized cities do regarding car allowances, <br />and (C) some information bearing on the legal issues. <br />A. Roseville HistoEy of Providine Car Allowances or City Cars <br />Staff searched records hack as far as 1987 and found records of the City providing specific staff with car <br />allowances or city cars. <br />Ordinance number 1135, section 254.020, which was signed by Mayor Johnson and City Manager <br />S arkozy on February 14 1h, 1 994, allows for certain employees designated by the City Manager to receive <br />a vehicle allowance in lieu of vehicle expense reimbursement. (Attachment A.) <br />(Before 1 994, the city provided city cars to the city manager and some department heads. we cannot <br />tell for how long the city has provided city cars to some city employees --- at least back into the 1980}s.) <br />The employee handbook approved by the City Council on January 25th, 1999, states that the City <br />Manager may designate a vehicle allowance to certain employees in lieu of receiving mileage <br />reimbursement for travel within the seven county metropolitan area. (Attachment B.) <br />A Memo to the City Council on December l 1 the 2000, and the minutes from that council meeting, have <br />also been included for your review. This Council Memo requested an increase in the ear allowance for <br />Department Heads to $275.00; apparently the car allowance had not been adjusted since 1987. The <br />Council unanimously approved that request to increase the car allowance to $275. (Attachment .) <br />B. Marketplace Provisions: <br />A Stanton 5 market survey was conducted and a copy is included. (Attachment D.) The survey <br />indicates that most other similarly sized cities are providing a car allowance to their city <br />1 <br />