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    Here's our position: " County vehicles should not be used to transport any person or employee other than the vehicle operator unless that transport is directly related to county business." Here are some other related resources for you: our policy ...

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    Hi Jill, We allow family to ride with the employee. However, if another employee is going to the same conference they should all ride together. Typically employees have just opted to not get mileage reimbursement and take their personal cars. ...

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    Hello, We are looking at what other cities/agencies have in their policies regarding using a city vehicle to travel to a conference and having family members accompany them in the city vehicle. We do not specifically prohibit it and our insurance pool ...

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    We switched from in-house payroll and manual benefits administration to Paycom last year. Our old processes worked well when we were a 20-30 employee organization, but as we approached 60 employees things became increasingly untenable. Because ...

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    RE: Election Poll Workers

    Posted in: General GFOA Forum

    I sat through an IRS webinar a few years ago and learned election workers are required to be paid through payroll and receive a W2. Stacey H. McBride, CPA, MPA Finance Director King William County, Virginia

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