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Travel Control Board Meeting - December 6, 2021

Governor's Travel Control Board Meeting
Monday, December 6, 2021
10:00 AM to 05:00 PM CST
James R. Thompson Center
  • 100 West Randolph Street
  • Room 4-400
  • Chicago, Illinois 60601
William G. Stratton Building
  • Room 702
  • Springfield, Illinois 62706

MINUTES

PRESENT:

Webex:

Members

  • Anthony Pascente, Chairman
  • Jim Foys, Member
  • Ken Steele, Member

Staff

  • Sean Coombe, Attorney
  • Lexi Landers, State Travel Coordinator
  • Kelley Wells
  1. Call to Order

    At approximately 10:00 a.m. Chairman Anthony Pascente called to order a meeting of the Governor’s Travel Control Board.

  2. Consideration of Minutes

    September 22, 2021

    The minutes of the meeting of the September 22, 2021 meeting were approved. Motion made by Jim Foys Chaiman Pascente with a second to approve by Chairman Anthony Pascente.

  3. Exceptions
    1. Approved Travel Exceptions
      1. Illinois Department of Transporation – Resort Amenity Fee
    2. Denied Travel Exceptions
      1. Illinois Department of Transportation – Flight Change Increase

  4. New Business

    Department of Revenue – Electronic Travel Voucher
    The rollout of this system has not been approved by DoIT, therefore it has been stalled. It was discussed that more research needs to be done and reachout to DoIT and IOC needs to be done to see if this system can be utilized by other agencies in order to streamline the process. Chaiman Anthony Pascente recommended a meeting be scheduled prior to the quarterly meeting and a representative from DoIT be requested. It was requested the meeting to discuss be scheduled in February and the topic can be followed up in the quarterly meeting.

  5. Adjournment

    A motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 10:29 a.m. by Jim Foys and Chairman Anthony Pascent seconded the motion.