186.02 SUBSTANCE ABUSE POLICY; PURPOSE; APPLICABILITY; RULE-MAKING AUTHORITY.

   (a)    Policy. It is the City's policy to provide safe, dependable and efficient government services to the public. City employees are a valuable and important resource and it is therefore the City's policy to provide a healthy, safe and satisfying working environment for its employees and to assure that all employees working in that environment are fit to perform their assigned task. In meeting these goals, it is further the City's policy to create a workplace free from adverse effects of drugs, alcohol, and substance abuse.

   (b)   Applicability. This chapter shall apply to all employees when reporting to work, when going to a work site, when preparing to perform work at a site, when performing work for the City, when on a break or at lunch while in the course of performing work, after concluding the performance of work at a site, but before departing the work site, when returning to City facilities following departure from a work site.

   (c)   Rule-Making Authority. The City Manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized to adopt such rules and regulations as well as create forms, documents, and procedures for the implementation of this chapter. Any activities undertaken under the authority of this subsection shall be consistent with this chapter, all relevant federal laws, and all regulations governing substance abuse testing which are applicable to the City.

(Ord. 96-12-133. Passed 12-16-96.)