(A) Policy. The county employees are the most valuable asset the county has. It is not the intent of the county to have an employee work in harm’s way. It is therefore the policy of the county that each employee be accountable for his or her own actions with regard to personal safety. Each employee is expected to work in a safe manner, using reasonable precautions to care not only for himself or herself, but for the tools and equipment that he or she has been assigned to use.
(B) Cell phone use. While operating a county vehicle it is impermissible for a county employee to use his or her county-issued or private cell phone to call or text. Shall an accident occur where a cell phone is suspected to have been in use prior to or during the accident, the county has the right to view the phone to obtain information or subsequently obtain records pertaining to the phones use.
(Ord. passed 6- -2019)