Troy Borough has a commitment to provide a safe and healthy workplace for its employees and to ensure efficient delivery of services to the public. The Troy Borough Council recognizes that, in order to accomplish this goal, it must implement programs that will enable the Borough to achieve its objectives in a cost-effective manner, while respecting the rights of Borough employees. Statistics show that employees who are substance abusers are absent from work approximately 3 times more often than are other employees, are about 1/3 less productive when they are at work and are twice as likely as others to have accidents in the workplace. Statistics indicated that such employees also are more likely to experience serious medical and emotional problems and to disregard safety policies and procedures. With this in mind, the Troy Borough Council must make every reasonable attempt to establish a work environment that is free, directly and indirectly, from the adverse effects of drug and alcohol abuse.
(Res. 96-1, 1/15/1996, § 1)