STATUTORY REFERENCE/OTHER AUTHORITY: 19 V.S.A. § 10(1) (Authority for VTrans to award contracts "on terms it deems to be in the best interest of the state")

APPROVAL DATE: August 26, 2010

APPROVED BY: David C. Dill, Secretary of Transportation

PURPOSE/COMMENT: The purpose is to ensure consistency throughout the agency in the manner in which meal and travel expenses are reimbursed to vendors and grantees.

POLICY STATEMENT: It is the policy of the Vermont Agency of Transportation that reimbursement of Meals and Travel Expenses, when applicable, for contractors, vendors, service providers and grantees, including sub grantees and (sub) contractors, shall be limited to the currently allowed rates as determined by the State's non-management bargaining unit labor contract.