Travel Expenses Report From:
Saturday, November 1, 2025
To:
Sunday, November 30, 2025
Report Generated:
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 8:55:56 AM
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Travel Expenses Report
Department: City Manager
Expenses
Employee
Gannon, Rebecca
Registration Fee
$75.00
Approving Director
Benker, Heather
Transportation
$126.28
Meals
$47.60
Destination
Columbia, MO, United States
Depature Date
November 5, 2025
Lodging
$124.95
Return Date
November 6, 2025
Other:
$0.00
Total
$373.83
Purpose Missouri Association of Government Communications Conference by MML
How did the travel apply to the job? Training was in Columbia. Had to travel to get there.
How did training add value to the city? Introduced us to new ideas, software, and hardware other municipalities were using/implementing. New contacts we can ask questions of. This will allow us to better communicate and engage with our public.
General comments: It was nice to network with other municipalities, especially since we are a young team. Comms will be able to present our own session next year. This was the first year of the conference, and it was a good first try. I have already provided feedback to MAGC (Mo Assoc. Of Govt Communicators) on ways they could improve.
Report ID: 1280
LARS Request ID: 2394
11/1/2025 to 11/30/2025
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Department: City Manager
Expenses
Employee
Rincon, Madeline
Registration Fee
$75.00
Approving Director
Benker, Heather
Transportation
$0.00
Meals
$47.60
Destination
Columbia, MO, United States
Depature Date
November 5, 2025
Lodging
$124.95
Return Date
November 6, 2025
Other:
$0.00
Total
$247.55
Purpose 2025 Missouri Association of Government Communicators by MML
How did the travel apply to the job? We attended the Missouri Association of Government Communicators (MAGC) Conference in Columbia, Missouri. This conference is specifically designed for professionals working in local government communications and directly aligns with our department’s responsibilities in public outreach, transparency, and community engagement.
How did training add value to the city? The conference provided valuable opportunities to connect with other government communicators across the state and learn best practices in ethics, social media strategy, crisis communication, and public education on election issues. The insights gained support our ongoing efforts to improve how the City communicates with residents and promotes trust through clear, consistent, and accessible messaging.
General comments: This was a great professional development opportunity that encouraged collaboration, idea-sharing, and continuous improvement in how we engage and inform the community.
Report ID: 1279
LARS Request ID: 2395
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Travel Expenses Report
Department: Fire Employee
Expenses Howe, Mykael
Registration Fee
$0.00
Stobart, Kirk
Transportation
$0.00
Meals
$0.00
Approving Director Destination
Emmitsburg, MD, United States
Depature Date
November 8, 2025
Lodging
$0.00
Return Date
November 15, 2025
Other:
$0.00
Total
$0.00
Purpose Exercise of Executive Leadership: Community (R5203)
How did the travel apply to the job? class postponed
How did training add value to the city? class postponed
General comments:
Report ID: 1283
LARS Request ID: 2312
11/1/2025 to 11/30/2025
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Department: Municipal Services Employee Approving Director Destination
Expenses
Lopez, Alexander
Registration Fee
$375.00
Reynolds, Lisa
Transportation
$426.96
Meals
$301.00
Las Vegas, NV, United States
Depature Date
November 4, 2025
Lodging
$527.22
Return Date
November 7, 2025
Other: Cab Rides, Monorail, Airport Parking
$172.34
Total
$1,802.52
Purpose Attending the 2025 National Design-Build Conference & Expo in Las Vegas, NV.
How did the travel apply to the job? This trip was to the National Design Build Conference, hosted by DBIA. This applies to my job because Design-Build is a method of project delivery that is becoming very popular around the country, however, myself as the City Engineer overseeing management of our Capital Improvement Projects (CIP), and my team have never used design build, therefore, I wanted to learn more about it so we may be able to utilize this method of project delivery for our projects in the future.
How did training add value to the city? The training added value to the city by giving myself (and Adi) a much greater understanding how the design build method of project delivery works, where we can apply it for our projects, and common pros and cons with the design build processes.
General comments: The conference was excellent, very beneficial for us as we embark towards using design build for some of our future projects. I would recommend this conference to anyone considering using this form of project delivery, and will look forward to attending the conference again in the future hopefully.
Report ID: 1274
LARS Request ID: 2360
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Travel Expenses Report
Department: Power & Light Employee Approving Director Destination
Expenses
Hegendeffer, Joseph
Registration Fee
$0.00
Reynolds, Lisa
Transportation
$362.21
Meals
$103.20
San Diego, CA, United States
Depature Date
November 5, 2025
Lodging
$467.42
Return Date
November 7, 2025
Other: Parking
$19.77
Total
$952.60
Purpose Tour of the Solar Turbine manufacturing plant. See their capabilities and talk availability for future purchasing of turbines for generation capabilities.
How did the travel apply to the job? This was for a tour of a gas turbine manufacturing plant where IPL and its power partners plan to purchase generating equipment.
How did training add value to the city? It gave insights to the manufacturing and maintenance plans for the turbines we plan to install. Also, informed us on the equipment performance and capabilities.
General comments: IPL should tour this facility again when our specific equipment is in production and witness testing requirements.
Report ID: 1282
LARS Request ID: 2384