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B-232686 1 (1988-12-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnhy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Whington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof. Claim of Bradley G. Baxter File: B-232686 Date: December 7, 1988 DIGEST Neither government regulations nor the public necessity exception to the voluntary creditor rule authorizes reimbursement of Air Force crew member who reserved and paid for 12 motel rooms for crew members and maintenance personnel, which ultimately were not used because the personnel found other lodging, since the reservations were made absent any compelling need to act without delay to protect a legitimate government interest. DECISION Air Force Technical Sergeant Bradley G. Baxter requests reconsideration of his claim for S248.50 for reimbursement of personal funds he spent to secure lodging for himself and other Air Force personnel. His claim was disallowed by our Claims Group on July 20, 1988 (Settlement Certificate Z-2865689). For the reasons given below, we affirm our Claims Group's decision and agree that the claimant should not be reimbursed. Furthermore, any amounts Sergeant Baxter has been reimbursed that are not attributable to his own lodging costs should be recovered. Facts The record shows that on April 2, 1987, Sergeant Baxter reserved 24 rooms for the night of April 7th at the Best Western Homestead Motor Inn in Homestead, Florida, for himself and other Air Force aircrew and maintenance personnel. Sergeant Baxter guaranteed the room reservation with his Diners Club card. The record suggests that Sergeant Baxter made the reservations with the approval of his flight commander, Captain Brawley. Only 12 of the reserved rooms were used because some of the crew decided to stay at Homestead Air Force Base, and other personnel shared motel rooms. Sergeant Baxter apparently

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