Mayor’s claims listed
Recent expenses due to port development travel
Mayor Cecil Clarke’s most recent round of posted travel expense claims includes out-of-province travel related to port development.
From June to September, Clarke submitted a total of $8,328.33 in travel expense claims.
They include a claim of $918.66 covering 2,077 kilometres in local travel for the month of June; $523.69 for travelling 1,184 kilometres locally in July; $598.87 for 1,354 in local travel in August; and $950.94 for travelling 2,150 kilometres in September.
On July 6-7, Clarke claimed $626.18 for travel and hotel costs for a Halifax Tattoo meeting. His largest claim for that month was $1,935.26 in airfare, hotel, travel and meals for July 27-29 meetings related to port development in Toronto, Ottawa and Hamilton.
In August, Clarke was on the move again related to port development, with a $2,578.82 claim for an Aug. 27-31 trip to Montreal and Ottawa. That included $1002.80 in airfare, $1,202.02 for hotels and $225.91 for meals.
In September, Clarke attended a regional enterprise network meeting in Port Hawkesbury, claiming $190.92 in mileage.
From June to September, there were no claims for port development travel expenses under a cost-shared agreement with the federal government.
During the period of June-September 2014, Clarke claimed a total of $11,389.41 in travel costs. Of that total, however, $7,615.79 was for port development travel expenses covered under the cost-sharing agreement with the federal government.
Clarke had racked up more than $18,000 in travel expenses from January to May of this year.
The mayor’s travel and conference expenses in 2013-14 totaled $40,438.89,while $49,000 had been budgeted.
Clarke’s travel and conference expenses in 2012-13 totalled $47,182, compared to a budgeted $42,000. From his election in November 2012 to March 2013, Clarke claimed $17,131 in expenses.
On its web page, the mayor’s office has said it will post monthly itemized expense reports following the month in which the expenses are incurred.