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<br />The following items are deemed to meet the Council's definition of public purpose <br />expenditures in regards to food/meals/refreshments. <br /> <br />a. Allowed at City meetings and events that have the purpose of discussing City <br />issues. These meetings would normally have a pre-planned agenda and would <br />involve predominately non-city employees. <br /> <br />b. Allowed when they are part of the structured agenda for an offsite conference, <br />workshop, seminar, training session, or meeting in which the City Administrator or a <br />department head has authorized the employee to attend for training and development <br />purposes. This does not include routine staff meetings. <br /> <br />c. Allowed when they are part of a breakfast/lunch/dinner meeting for official city <br />business when it is the only practical time to meet and when it involves non-city <br />employee participants (i.e. business developers or business representatives). <br />Payment for fees relating to a special event, such as a Chamber of Commerce event, <br />may also be allowed when approved by the City Administrator and when attendance <br />is deemed to meet the public purpose guidelines for community or customer <br />outreach and marketing of the City. <br /> <br />d. Allowed during non-routine, official meetings of the City Council, council <br />committees, advisory boards/commissions, and taskforces. <br /> <br />e. Allowed where employees or volunteers are participating in a City Council <br />sponsored or authorized special event or in an outside event as an official <br />representative of the City. <br /> <br />f. Allowed for department sponsored meetings, conferences or workshops <br />where the majority of invited participants are not city employees. <br /> <br />g. Cookies and coffee allowed for City employees' monthly safety meetings <br />sponsored by the Safety Committee. <br /> <br />h. Annual safety training lunch where lunch is provided at a minimal cost while <br />safety training is being held. <br /> <br />1. A dinner meal to be allowed for staff during performance of election related <br />duties on Election Day. <br /> <br />J. Coffee is provided by the city for employees and guests at city buildings. <br /> <br />Alcoholic Beverages <br />The City of Elk River will not purchase or reimburse any employee, Councilmember, <br />volunteer, or agent for the purchase of alcoholic beverages. <br /> <br />Employee Recognition Program <br />The City of Elk River City Council recognizes the hard work and service performed by the <br />employees of the City of Elk River through a formal Employee Recognition Program. The <br />City Council believes the benefits of attracting, retaining and motivating employees through <br />an Employee Recognition Program support employee job satisfaction, which in turn <br />impacts cooperation and productivity. The result is to provide excellent public and <br />customer service to better serve the interests of the citizens of the community. <br /> <br />3 <br />