Approve Revised Assigned Vehicle Use Policy

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Recorded in the minutes as: “k. Resolution #051226-10 – Approve Revised Assigned Vehicle Use Policy DeMoss/ Motion: to approve Resolution #051226-10 – Approve Revised Assigned Vehicle Use Policy. City Manager Ben Champ explained that the City has a long-standing take-home car policy for key employees. The purpose of the policy is to provide for cost effective and efficient use of City resources while providing for the immediate needs of the City during an emergency. This is an update to the existing policy to add clarity and tax exemption for public safety employees who are required to take a vehicle home. Specifically, this is to address a current situation where it is to the City’s benefit for detectives and other on call public safety employees who are not the Chief to be assigned or required to use a take-home vehicle to facilitate response time. This is an existing practice, but some public safety employees are receiving a financial penalty for the taxable value of the commute without the policy updates”.

Motion as recorded: “to approve Resolution #051226-10 – Approve Revised Assigned Vehicle Use Policy. City Manager Ben Champ explained that the City has a long-standing take-home car policy for key employees. The purpose of the policy is to provide for cost effective and efficient use of City resources while providing for the immediate needs of the City during an emergency. This is an update to the existing policy to add clarity and tax exemption for public safety employees who are required to take a vehicle home. Specifically, this is to address a current situation where it is to the City’s benefit for detectives and other on call public safety employees who are not the Chief to be assigned or required to use a take-home vehicle to facilitate response time. This is an existing practice, but some public safety employees are receiving a financial penalty for the taxable value of the commute without the policy updates”.

From the vote line in the official minutes, which names each member’s vote. Members not named in the vote line are shown as Not in the record unless the minutes list them absent. Vote line as printed: “ROLL CALL: AYES: Birch, Hodges, DeMoss. NAYS: None. ABSTAIN: Konrad. Motion carried 3-0-1.”.