(a) Purpose. The purpose of this policy is to assure that employees of the Village maintain a current unrestricted Ohio operator's license in accordance with the following policy and procedure.
(b) Procedure.
(1) Each employee of the Village shall at all times maintain a current unrestricted Ohio operator's license. Any employee who is required to drive in the course of his or her employment with the Village on a regular basis and who fails to maintain a current unrestricted operator's license or who fails to immediately notify his or her supervisor of any conviction or accumulation of points against his or her operator's license as provided herein below, shall be immediately reviewed by his or her supervisor and thereafter it shall be determined that one or more of the following sanctions shall be applied: he or she will be given a change in employment duties; he or she will be placed on unpaid administrative leave; he or she will be suspended from the Village; and/or he or she will be required to attend an approved driver improvement program or equivalent training.
(2) Any employee whose operator's license is suspended, administratively suspended, revoked or restricted is immediately prohibited from operating any Village vehicle. Each employee shall immediately notify his or her immediate supervisor if his or her operator's license has been suspended, revoked or restricted in any way. Furthermore, each employee shall notify his or her immediate supervisor if he or she accumulates six or more points against his or her operator's license. Each employee is responsible for knowing the status of his or her operator's license and the number of points he or she has accumulated on his or her operator's license.
(3) Any employee who accumulates six or more points against his or her operator's license resulting from a conviction of any misdemeanor violation pertaining to the ownership or operations of a motor vehicle shall immediately notify his or her supervisor of such circumstance and accumulation of points. Each such circumstance and the accumulation of points will be considered and reviewed on a case by case basis to determine whether such employee will be permitted to drive any Village owned vehicle. "Misdemeanor violations" referred to in this policy include, but are not limited to the following:
A. Driving while intoxicated.
B. Driving under the influence of controlled substance.
C. Operating during a period of suspension, administrative suspension or revocation.
D. Permitting an unlicensed person to drive.
E. Reckless operation.
F. Leaving the scene of an accident.
G. Speeding.
H. Any other prohibited moving violation.
(c) Driving Record Review and Sanctions.
(1) On a regular basis the Village shall review the driving record and the accumulation of points of each employee of the Village.
(2) A change in point status and/or license restriction could result in the employee's driving status change, a change in employment duties, placement on unpaid administrative leave, suspension from the Village, or being required to attend an approved driver improvement program or equivalent training.
(3) The Mayor and/or Village Council may change the driving status of the Village personnel based on driving complaints, driving ability, upon recommendation by another supervisor.
(4) A valid complaint received by the Village shall become a part of the employee's personnel file. The employee driver shall also be notified of the complaint.
(5) A second valid complaint filed against an employee shall invoke a restriction on driving Village owned vehicles and/or may also result in suspension from the Village for a period of time.
(Ord. 08-017. Passed 10-7-08.)