Salary Resolution No. 95-0926 Revised December 2020 Section 10: Mileage Reimbursement
(Amended 5/16/06, 6/12/19)
10.1 Mileage Reimbursement
An employee designated as Unrepresented Confidential, Unrepresented Administrative Management or Unrepresented who is authorized to and does provide a motor vehicle for travel required of the employee in the performance of official duty shall be reimbursed at the standard IRS business mileage rate. Mileage reimbursements must be submitted no later than 90 days following the date of travel.
10.2 Automobile Expense Allowance - Department Heads (Amended 5/16/06, 6/12/19)
Notwithstanding Section 10.1, all non-elected Department Heads who do not have permanent overnight assignment of a County vehicle shall receive a flat rate two hundred fifteen dollars ($215) per pay period as reimbursement for all private vehicle mileage on official County business. Elected Department Heads who do not have permanent overnight assignment of a County vehicle shall receive a flat rate of three hundred twenty dollars ($320) per pay period as reimbursement for all private vehicle mileage on official County business. Department Heads who currently have permanent overnight assignment of a County vehicle may elect to receive the automobile allowance in lieu of such assignment. Permanent assignment of an automobile will only be available to new Department Heads by Board approval if specifically required by the emergency nature of the position. Such officials receiving the flat rate reimbursement may, in addition, receive mileage reimbursement at the rate specified in Section 10.1 for mileage driven outside the boundaries of Sonoma County. Travel expenses to destinations served by common air carrier from San Francisco or Oakland International Airports shall be compensated at the lesser of the mileage reimbursement rate or the least expensive airfare to the destination. Officials receiving the flat rate reimbursement shall file necessary documents in accordance with instructions from the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector. Officials receiving the flat rate reimbursement shall not use County vehicles on official County business except as required in extraordinary circumstances.