Approve grant-funded travel to World Health Organization meeting in South Africa
In Plain English
The Director of the Office of Neighborhood Safety will speak at a World Health Organization conference in Cape Town from September 2-12, 2011. Three additional staff members will attend as participants. A grant covers all travel costs, so the city pays nothing for the 11-day trip.
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Votes
Approve the travel
6 to 0
Why This Vote Matters
The council unanimously approved sending four city staff members to a World Health Organization conference in Cape Town, South Africa for 11 days in September. The Director of the Office of Neighborhood Safety will speak at the conference, while three other staff will participate as attendees. A grant covers all travel expenses, so the trip costs Richmond taxpayers nothing. This was a routine approval that passed without opposition, with only Councilmember Bates absent from the vote.
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