Any person seeking to drive any vehicle on behalf of the Village of McDonald (owned or non-owned) must satisfy the following qualifications:
(a) The minimum age for driving is eighteen years old with a minimum experience of one year.
Summer workers shall not drive Village vehicles; and
Part-time employees may drive with the permission of the General Operations Foreman.
(b) The person must have appropriate license(s) to drive any motor vehicle required as part of their job.
(c) The driver must read and speak the English language sufficiently well to converse with the general public, to understand high-way traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on report and records.
(d) The driver must show, by reason or experience, training, or both, that he/she can safely operate the type of motor vehicle which he/she will drive.
(e) No person may drive on behalf of the Village if they have incurred seven or more points within a twenty-four month period.
(f) There must be no record of conviction for any of the violations listed below during the prior thirty-six month period:
(1) Driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs or otherwise impaired.
(2) Refusal to take a test provided for by an implied consent or similar law.
(3) Violating an “open container” or similar statute.
(4) Reckless homicide or involuntary manslaughter.
(5) Operating a motor vehicle while under suspension or revocation.
(6) Leaving the scene of an accident (hit and run).
(7) Speed exhibition, contest or drag race.
(8) Use of motor vehicle in the commission of a felony.
(9) Assault with a motor vehicle.
(10) Reckless driving or careless endangerment.
(11) Operating a motor vehicle without the permission of the owner.
(12) Fleeing or attempting to elude the police.
(g) Any person with one or more avoidable accidents in a Village owned vehicle or other vehicle while driving on behalf of the Village may be subject to discipline up to and including suspension or firing.
(h) Should any person not meet the above requirements, they will be immediately prohibited and suspended from operating a Village vehicle until an appropriate hearing can be held to review the matter. Failure to maintain the above conditions may be grounds for further disciplinary action up to and including firing.
(i) Driver license records request shall be performed by the Village on an annual basis.
(j) Chief of Police shall outline the procedures in obtaining all employee records request. (Ord. 2896-01. Passed 1-2-02.)