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Kittitas County <br />Board of County Commissioners <br /> <br />Agenda Staff Report <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Agenda Date: January 15, 2019 <br /> <br />Action Requested: Request the Board approve the new employee travel reimbursement rates, <br />effective January 1, 2019 <br /> <br />Background: <br />Each year the IRS issues the new authorized travel reimbursement rates for <br />hotels, meals and mileage. The IRS changed the mileage reimbursement rate <br />from 54.5 cents per mile to 58.0 cents per mile effective January 1, 2019. The <br />total rate for hotels increased slightly. <br /> <br />Kittitas County has selected to use the High-Low rates. The rate adjustments are <br />as follows: <br /> <br /> 2016_01 IRS 2017_01 IRS 2018_01 IRS 2019_01 IRS <br />Mileage <br />reimbursement <br />54 cents per mile 53.5 cents per mile 54.5 cents per mile 58.0 cents per mile <br />Hotel (Low/High) $128.00/$207.00 $132.00/$214.00 $134.00/$216.00 $135.00/$216.00 <br />Meals $57.00/$68.00 $57.00/$68.00 $57.00/$68.00 $60.00/$71.00 <br />Incidental expenses. The term “incidental expenses_ has the same meaning <br />as in the Federal Travel Regulations, 41 C.F.R. 300-3.1 (2010). The Federal Travel <br />Regulations currently include as incidental expenses: fees and tips given to porters, <br />baggage carriers, bellhops, hotel maids, stewards or stewardesses and others on ships. <br /> <br />Recommendation: Request the Board to approve the resolution adopting the new rates IRS approved <br />rates for employee reimbursement of mileage, hotel and meals, effective January 1, <br />2019. <br /> <br />Handling: Copy to Judy Pless <br /> Judy will distribute to all employees <br /> <br />Attachments: Resolution for amending Travel Rates effective January 1, 2019 <br /> <br />Lead Staff Judy Pless, Budget & Finance Manager <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />