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County employees are frequently required to use County owned vehicles to properly perform their
assigned duties. Therefore, Iredell County will provide a vehicle to those employees whose duties
who require the use of a vehicle. However, the Board of Commissioners wishes to establish the
following policies to control and regulate vehicle use.
These policies are necessary to clearly define eligibility and standard operating procedures
for using County owned vehicles. The increasing cost of operation and maintenance require careful
planning in vehicle purchase and use. We must all be aware of our duty and obligation to the
taxpayer to use the utmost care and discretion at all times. The following practices are
established for this purpose.
THE USE OF COUNTY OWNED VEHICLES
Permitted Uses
1. Only County employees may drive or operate County vehicles and
County equipment. The only exception applies to the Garage
Superintendent who has the authority to subcontact work on vehicles
and equipment.
2. County owned vehicles shall be used for official County business only.
3. Each County owned vehicle shall be clearly identified as belonging
to Iredell County and shall be assigned a vehicle number. The only
exception for identification are those vehicles assigned to the
Sheriff's Department as "unmarked vehicles."
4. No passengers will be permitted unless they are on official County
business.
Driver Qualification
1. Each driver of any County owned vehicle must have a valid North
Carolina operator's license. County employees who are employed
as drivers ovehicles weighing more than 30,000 pounds must have a
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valid Class B North Carolina license. Recreation Department
employees responsible for transporting program participants are
also required to have a Class B license.
2. Before employment to a position which requires vehicle operation,
a check of the applicant's driving record will be made.
3. The National Safety Council's Defensive Driving Course will be
taught by a certified instructor, and will be required of employees
operating County owned vehicles.
4. Employees will be responsible for damages to any vehicle or equipment
assigned to them which results from improper or careless operation
on their part.
C. Vehicle Assignment
1. County vehicles are normally assigned to an individual at the
and are the employee's responsibility
start of their work period
until the completion of the assigned duty. Vehicles are assigned
by the Garage Superintendent and employees cannot change vehicles
without his permission. The only exception applies to the EMS
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where the Crew Chief will be responsible for assigning ambulances
on a shift -to -shift basis.
2. A County vehicle may be assigned to the Garage Superintendent to an
individual employee who regularly requires vehicular transportation
in the performance of his assigned duties and requires the use of
the vehicle during off-duty time. The vehicle assignment may be of a
permanent nature or for a specified time period such as a week of on-
call duty.
3. During vacation periods of leaves of absences, an employee who is
assigned a vehicle will turn the vehicle in to the Garage Superin-
tendent.
4. If an employee is on extended sick leave, the assigned vehicle will
be turned in to the Garage Superintendent. In the event the
employee is unable to return the vehicle, it is the responsibility
of the department head to make arrangements to have the vehicle
turned in to the garage.
D. Personal Use of County Vehicles
1. No employee may use the vehicle assigned to him for personal
purposes.
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