Columbia Cell phone allowance ordinance (§ 19-114)

(a) In the sole determination of the department head, an employee required to own and regularly use a personal cellular telephone in the course of their employment may receive an allowance. The allowance is based on expected usage as defined below.

(b) The amount of the allowance is dependent on the expected business use of the personal cellular telephone, the employee's position and the employee's job responsibilities. The personal cellular telephone must be capable of receiving both text and voice calls. The allowance level allowed shall be based on the combined business usage for voice, text messaging and data transmission.

(1) Basic usage plan: Twenty dollars ($20.00) per month.

(2) Medium usage plan: Thirty dollars ($30.00) per month.

(3) High usage plan: Fifty dollars ($50.00) per month.

(c) Business use of a personal cellular telephone is subject to sunshine law provisions.