(a) The City of Olmsted Falls, Ohio, does hereby adopt the "City of Olmsted Falls Drug-Free Workplace Policy," as amended, as set forth below.
(b) A copy of the "City of Olmsted Falls Drug-Free Workplace Policy" shall be posted in a conspicuous place in each work place within the Municipality.
CITY OF OLMSTED FALLS
Drug-Free Workplace Policy
(as amended)
1. The Mayor and Council of the City of Olmsted Falls are committed to a drug-free workplace, which protects the City's most valuable resource - its employees - as well as maintains the public's trust and confidence that staff are fully capable in their implementation of the City's work.
2. The use, sale, distribution, possession, manufacture or "presence in the body" of prohibited drugs in the workplace may result in termination of employment at the City.
3. An employee must notify his or her department head or the Mayor of any criminal drug statute conviction, for a violation occurring in the workplace, no later than five days after such conviction.
4. Within ten days after receiving notice under paragraph 3, or otherwise receiving actual notice of such conviction, the City will notify its Federal funding agencies of those events.
5. With thirty days of notice of conviction, the City will take appropriate personnel action against the employee(s) involved, up to and including termination Appropriate personnel action may include requiring the employee(s) involved to participate satisfactorily in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation program approved for such purposes by a Federal, State or local health, law enforcement or other appropriate agency.
6. The legitimate use of controlled substances prescribed by a physician is not prohibited. However, employees should ask their physicians whether the use of a prescribed medicine may adversely affect job performance. If the medicine would likely have that affect, employees are to notify their appropriate supervisors. Supervisors so notified will keep such information in strictest confidence and reveal it only in emergency circumstances involving the health and well-being of the employee and/or his or her fellow workers.
7. Employees are encouraged to voluntarily utilize the counseling and/or rehabilitation services available through the City's health insurance programs. Voluntary self- referral to these programs does not relieve the employee from responsibility for adequate job performance. Information on these health plan services is contained in the insuring organizations' policy information booklets which have been distributed to all full-time staff. More detailed explanations can be provided by the appropriate insuring organizations' representatives.
8. The City will maintain information on major public or community services available to help persons concerned with drug-related problems or questions. This information will be available from the office of the Mayor.
(Ord. 7-96. Passed 1-23-96.)