(A) The purpose of this section is to avoid the dangers of drugs in the workplace.
(B) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
EMPLOYEE. This shall include members of the Fire Department, employees of the Sewer and Water Department, and employees of the Police Department, as well as all other employees of the city.
WORKPLACE. This shall include any location where the city employee is working as an employee of the city.
(C) The workplace of the city shall be drug-free, and no employee of the city shall engage in the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or the use of a controlled substance in the workplace of the city.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES are those described in KRS 218A.040 through KRS 218A.120 and any other controlled substances listed in Regulations of the Cabinet for Human Resources relating to KRS Chapter 218A, including any amendments to the regulations which may be made after this chapter is passed, and including any controlled substances described in any amendments to KRS Chapter 218A which may be made after the passage of this chapter.
(D) Each employee of the city is instructed that he or she shall notify the Mayor of the city within five days of any criminal drug statute conviction for a violation in the workplace. Any employee violating any of the terms of this section is subject to immediate dismissal. Further, the Fire Chief may require random drug testing of any of the employees of the Fire Department and any members of the Fire Department, and the Chief of Police may require random drug testing of any of the employees of the Police Department. These random drug tests will be performed in the sole discretion of the Fire Chief and the Chief of Police, and the costs of random drug testing shall be borne by the city.
(Prior Code, § 38.03) (Ord. 230.7, passed 10-5-1995) Penalty, see § 10.99