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<br /> --.. <br /> take a trip to work on a grant in Washington, <br /> D.C. I don't believe that was fair. I as a <br /> Finance Committee member was not told about <br /> it, nor as a Council person. I'd like very <br /> much that from this point on we are told of <br /> these things before they take place. <br />Brand: I didn't inform the rest of the Council; I'm <br /> remiss in that area. When we were arranging <br /> for the ticket for Councilman Howard we had <br /> to purchase the ticket that day or we would- <br /> n't have been able to get the fare that we <br /> did get, which was rather exorbitant to begin <br /> with. We had to go ahead and put it on the <br /> City's credit card. The Finance Committee had <br /> approved $500.00, the ticket was $1,018.00 <br /> and we sent him notice that he owed us <br /> $518.00. He asked us to have that deducted <br /> from his salary as a Councilmember and filled <br /> out a form to do that. That is how it hap- <br /> pened. It didn't occur to me at the time to <br /> notify the rest of the Council. I'll try to <br /> do so in the future when such things occur. <br />Howard: I believe at a work session that I had with <br /> Councilman Carnival and with you also, <br /> Marie,that this issue had come up. It cer- <br /> tainly has been in the bills for the past <br /> several months. If the insinuation is that <br /> somehow you were not informed for aggrieves <br /> reasons I don't think that in fact took <br /> place. It occurred to me that when this came <br /> up, it was a surprise first of all that I <br /> would have to pay an additional $500.00 or <br /> over $500.00. <br />Szymanski: Five hundred and eighteen. <br />Howard: Whatever. It was a surprise and I think it <br /> was a surprise to staff also. We certainly <br /> didn't think it was going to cost a $1,000.00 <br /> just to go to Washington, D.C.; normally it <br /> doesn't but fares change. The most expedient <br /> way to handle that was to do what we did. Now <br /> if I had known that at this time I would be <br /> getting flack for going to Washington to try <br /> to raise money for the City of Louisville, <br /> and I would have known it was going to cost <br /> an additional $518.00, I certainly would have <br /> paid that out of pocket. It's not like I am <br /> broke. I will say that this is not something <br /> that has been hidden; it's been out and about <br /> for many, many months and I'm sure that in <br /> the future staff has noted that any questions <br /> of financial nature dealing with any Council <br /> 15 <br />