HomeMy WebLinkAboutN-275 - Motor Vehicle Operators LicenseCITY OF PASCO
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
Administrative Order No. 275
Personnel Policies & Procedures
Subject: Motor Vehicle Operators License
Initial Effective Date: May 29, 2001
Revised
4/
14
Approved
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This Administrative Order is effective April 21, 2014, and supersedes Administrative Order No.
80, dated 5/29/01.
I. PURPOSE:
To ensure employees are legally permitted to operate motor vehicles on behalf of the city.
H. DEPARTMENTS AFFECTED:
All full -time or part -time employees (whether regular, temporary or seasonal), and
volunteers who operate motor vehicles to conduct city business at any time.
III. ATTACHMENTS:
None
IV. REFERENCES:
• Employee job classification description
• RCW, Chapter 46.20
V. DEFINITIONS:
A. Operator license means: a motor vehicle operator license issued by the Washington
State Department of Licensing or other state motor vehicle licensing department,
provided the employee or volunteer who possesses an out -of -state license shall
acquire a Washington State Driver's License within six (6) months of residency.
B. "Change in operator license" or "changed" means: expired, suspended, revoked,
seized, declared invalid or any other official action by the state or law enforcement
officials invalidating or constraining the employee's ability to operate a motor
vehicle.
VI. POLICY:
Employees operating City of Pasco vehicles or operating a privately licensed vehicle on
city business shall at all times have a valid operator's license. Regular employees
affected by this policy shall sign a statement that they currently possess a valid motor
vehicle operator's license as part of their annual performance evaluation. Seasonal and
temporary employees and volunteers shall sign a similar statement when asked, but
typically at safety and training meetings.
Employees must maintain the specific type of license required by their job classification
description. Employees may only operate vehicles they are licensed to operate.
Failure to maintain a valid operator's license to operate a city vehicle or operate a
privately licensed vehicle on city business may impair an employee's ability to perform
the essential functions of his/her job and/or to perform functions of their job with
reasonable efficiency and effectiveness. Such functions are subject to review by the
appropriate supervisors and management, and may result in appropriate disciplinary
action.
All employees who are required to operate motor vehicles as part of their job description
or who use city vehicles or privately licensed vehicles on city business are required, as a
condition of employment, to present their operator's license whenever requested by their
manager. Failure to present their license may result in disciplinary action, up to and
including termination of employment.
VII. PROCEDURE:
A. Employees who operate or could be required to operate a motor vehicle to conduct
city business will present their operator's license when requested by their manager
or the manager's designee.
B. Employees shall immediately notify their division manager of any "change" in their
operator's license that limits their ability to operate a motor vehicle (or, if after
normal working hours, at the beginning of the first workday or shift following that
change).
C. Any employee whose operator's license is "changed" must immediately comply
with those changes when operating motor vehicles on behalf of the city.
D. An employee with a "changed" operator license who fails to report this fact to their
supervisor and/or who continues to operate a motor vehicle on behalf of the city
without appropriate licensing, shall be subject to disciplinary action, up to and
including termination of employment.
E. During his/her regular and/or special performance evaluation the employee will
certify by signature acknowledgement that he /she possess a valid operator's license
and the minimum automobile insurance required by state statute; or if not eligible
for such evaluation, sign a similar statement independent of the evaluation form.
Administrative Order No. 275 — "Motor Vehicle Operators License"
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