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Amending Resolution 23-518 Approving the Kane County Per Diem Meal Rates for Calendar Year 2024
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WHEREAS, Kane County Financial Policies state that “The amount per day for breakfast, lunch and dinner is established by the Human Services Committee and approved by the County Board.” Communication to employees is by the County Auditor after County Board approval; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 23-518 was passed on December 12, 2023 approving per diem meal rates for calendar year 2024 setting the daily meal per diem rate to Sixty-Four Dollars ($64) per day allocated to breakfast at Fourteen Dollars ($14), lunch at Sixteen Dollars ($16) and dinner at Thirty-Four Dollars ($34); and
WHEREAS, to the Kane County Auditor’s Office requires receipts for all meal reimbursements and reimbursements are for actual expenses; and
WHEREAS, the per diem has been utilized as the maximum allowable for reimbursement; and
WHEREAS, the term “per diem” is used by the Internal Revenue Service to indicate receipts are not needed; and
WHEREAS, to reduce confusion, it is in the best interests of Kane County and its employees to eliminate the use of the term “per diem” and replace it with “maximum meal reimbursement.”
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that Resolution 23-518 be amended by replacing all instances of “per diem” and replacing them with “maximum meal reimbursement amount.”
Passed by the Kane County Board on June 11, 2024.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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