RESOLUTION

 A RESOLUTION APPROVING  TRAVEL EXPENSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH TRAVEL POLICY AND PROCEDURES

WHEREAS,  the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors has adopted Travel Policy and Procedures which require approval of expenditures in excess of $1,000; and

WHEREAS, Fauquier County recognizes the on-going value of supporting the professional development of its staff; and

WHEREAS, the training offered by the Government Finance Officers Association is the most advantageous for local government finance practitioners, and the annual conference provides the most comprehensive selection of sessions available in the profession; and

WHEREAS, Fauquier County adopted its Fiscal Year 2004 budget, in which funds were appropriated for staff to participate in the Government Finance Officers Association Annual Conference; and

WHEREAS, the Finance Director is requesting approval to attend this conference; and

WHEREAS, the conference will be held June 12 - 16, 2004, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the cost is estimated to be $1,500; and

WHEREAS, the County will be the beneficiary of the training and development in such areas as accounting, auditing, and financial reporting, debt management, performance and benefits management, and technology and the digital government; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors this 15^th day of March 2004, That approval be, and is hereby, granted for staff designated herein to attend the Government Finance Officers Association Annual Conference, and to subsequently be reimbursed for travel expenditures associated with this attendance.