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Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Board of Supervisor Travel - Part 2 - Cathy Binder

by Neil Richard

Editor's Note: As a brief reminder, the results below are broken down into different categories and time frames. The three main time frames are:


  • July 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
  • January 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018
  • July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018

The major categories are Expenses, Reimbursements, and Repayments. Within the Expenses and Reimbursement categories, the data is further broken down into Transportation, Food, Lodging, Registration Fees, and Unknown. Transportation is further broken down into Gas, Tolls, Taxis, Parking, Mileage, and Airlines.

Additionally, there are special notes for data related to Virginia Association of Counties (VACo), National Association of Counties (NACo), and Anomalies. Anomalies are data points that raise questions about their veracity, missing receipts, or calculation errors.

July 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017


Cathy Binder was elected in November 2017 and didn't take office until January 1, 2018. Therefore, she is not going to show in the first six-month block of our three major time frames from July 1, 2017 to December 31, 2018.

January 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018

Expenses
$295.00 for the 2018 VACo County Supervisor's Forum Registration Fee.

Reimbursements
None.

Repayments
None.

Anomalies
During her VACo Supervisor's Forum, Binder had a hotel bill from the Omni in Richmond, VA for $157.49 that was shown as being reported to the County but then crossed out. There is a receipt attached but it appears the County never paid for the stay or Binder never stayed in the room. The receipt for parking however shows that she stayed overnight.

July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018

Expenses
$917.19 for Lodging for a VACo conference and $265.00 for two VACo conference Registration Fees.

Reimbursements
$41.68 for Gas, $6.00 for Tolls, and $39.00 for Parking. The Gas reimbursement was related to a VACo conference.

Repayments

None.

Anomalies
None.


18 Month Grand Total

Expenses totaled $1,477.19.
Reimbursements totaled $86.68.


Supervisor's Response


In an effort to hear directly from the Supervisors on the topic of travel, we asked them a few questions. Cathy Binder did not respond to our email.


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