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<br /> 6.28 <br />meals, lodging, and other necessary expenses. The City must provide expense report Page 2 <br />forms to be filed by the Council for reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses and <br />those reports must document that expenses meet the existing policy adopted at a public <br />meeting. Council members must submit reports within a "reasonable time" after incurring <br />the expense and the reports must be accompanied by receipts documenting the expense. <br />Council members are now also required to provide brief reports on meetings attended at <br />the expense of the local agency and those reports must be made at the next regular <br />meeting of the Council after the event. All documents relating to reimbursable <br />expenditures are public records subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act. <br />The Government Code now provides that penalties for misuse of public resources or <br />falsifying expense reports include, but are not limited to: <br />. The loss of reimbursement privileges; <br />. Restitution to the local agency; <br />. Civil penalties for misuse of pUblic resources pursuant to Section 8314 of the <br /> Government Code; and <br />. Prosecution for misuse of public resources pursuant to Section 424 of the Penal <br /> Code. <br /> 1) ?/JJj <br />13(/~. ) ,fu" / <br /> t,.< <br />Brian ponty Ed Everett <br />Director of Finance and City Manager <br />Financial Planning <br />Attachment: <br />Reimbursement Policy <br /> . <br />