...Title
Sister Cities Travel Policy. (Liccardo)
...Recommendations
Direct staff to amend the Council Travel Policy (9-5) to include the following regarding all City Council travel to Sister Cities:
(a) If the Mayor is unavailable to join a Sister City or official delegation overseas, (s)he may nominate a single member of the Council to represent the City, subject to Council approval.
(b) If public funding is to be used for that travel, more than one member of the Council may participate in such delegations only with formal Council approval. Additional Councilmembers may participate only if they identify a non-public, lawful source of
funding.
(c) Councilmembers shall not use public dollars to bring additional City Council staff along as part of an international delegation.