Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Lake Worth votes to approve commissioners’ travel without... | www.palmbeachpost.com

This became such an issue after Commissioner Mulvehill's two week trip to Bonn, Germany for the ICLEI conference.  Can we all just behave like adults and get on with the city's business?  This from the article, click title for link.
Following that discussion, City Manager Michael Bornstein developed a policy that allows him to approve trips, noting that politically charged debates over travel were not worth the commission’s time.
“It turned into a political fracas every time,” Bornstein told commissioners. “The money is budgeted. You should be allowed to travel.”
Note that foreign travel is still to be brought before the public at a Commission meeting.