Chapter 2.30
FLEET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

Sections:

2.30.010    Creation.

2.30.020    Appointment of director.

2.30.040    Powers and functions of the director.

2.30.050    Use of city-owned or leased vehicles and rolling stock.

2.30.010 Creation.

There is established a fleet management department to manage the acquisition, maintenance, repair and replacement of all of the city’s vehicular fleet and other rolling stock. (Ord. 969 § 1, 2005).

2.30.020 Appointment of director.

The director of the fleet management department shall be the public works director, until such time as a separate director of the department shall be funded by city council. Such director shall be appointed by the mayor subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the city council. (Ord. 969 § 1, 2005).

2.30.040 Powers and functions of the director.

The director shall manage the fleet management department and shall have the following powers and perform the following functions:

A. Assign, supervise and control all employees in the department;

B. Promulgate rules and regulations of the department for the assignment of vehicles and rolling stock to the various departments or as pool vehicles, as deemed necessary and proper, and develop and implement procedures for checking out city-owned or leased vehicles and other rolling stock and billing city departments for the use thereof. The procedure shall limit availability of such vehicles and other rolling stock to such officers and employees as shall have been properly authorized to use the same;

C. Manage the preparation of the annual budget for the department, authorize appropriate expenditures and carry out the adopted budget, develop and manage programs, and undertake authorized activities;

D. Establish a system of prices, rates and allocations, and charge city departments for the use of vehicles and other rolling stock furnished to such departments and for services provided by the fleet management department in amounts sufficient to provide for the acquisition, maintenance, repair and replacement of vehicles and other rolling stock in the city’s fleet and operation of the fleet management department;

E. Manage the acquisition, maintenance, repair and replacement of vehicles and other rolling stock in the fleet management department’s program, whether by purchase or lease, subject to approval of contracts by city council;

F. Perform other functions and execute such other powers as may be prescribed from time to time by ordinance. (Ord. 969 § 1, 2005).

2.30.050 Use of city-owned or leased vehicles and rolling stock.

City-owned or leased motor vehicles and rolling stock shall be used exclusively for official city purposes. No city-owned or leased vehicle or rolling stock shall be rented or loaned, except to city departments, to duly registered and authorized volunteer workers in the furtherance of approved city programs, to persons providing service to the city under contract and in accordance with the terms of their contract, or to other governmental agencies or associations of cities, towns or governmental agencies, or in conformance with mutual aid agreements. The director is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to secure adequate consideration for the use of city-owned or leased motor vehicles or other rolling stock, and for other services, pursuant thereto, and to secure the return of such motor vehicles in proper condition. (Ord. 969 § 1, 2005).