MCCB POLICIES

Section 1: Board Operations

MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL

Title: Board Members' Compensation/Reimbursement Reference: Section 37-4-3; 25-3-41; 25-3-69, MCA

Initial Date of Adoption: March 15, 1990 Revision Date: November 19, 1999; May 20, 2016

Code Number: 1.11

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BOARD MEMBERS' COMPENSATION/REIMBURSEMENT

1. The members of the Board shall receive no annual salary, but may receive per diem compensation as authorized by Section 25-3-69, Mississippi Code of 1972, for each day or fraction thereof devoted to the discharge of Board duties or official Board meetings. 2. The members of the Board shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses such as meals, lodging and other necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties, including the current rate per mile actually and necessarily traveled as authorized by Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code, 1972. 3. The discharge of official Board duties shall consist of attending regular and called meetings of the Board and attending meetings at which the attendance of the Board member(s) is required as an official assignment by the Board. Reimbursable per diem and travel for an official assignment by the Board must be authorized and recorded in the official minutes for other than regularly scheduled Board meetings.

Non-allowable assignments will include but not be limited to:

(a) Meetings for which attendant is entitled to per diem from a source other than the Board.