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• work time to assist employees with a flexiable work schedule. An employee may not receive assistance from other sources and receive tuition aid reimbursement from the City for the same courses taken. The City may reimburse individuals for selected job related non-accredited courses at its sole option. This program does not apply to seminars, mini-courses or other training authorized through the normal training budget. POLICY: VEHICLE USE Approved By: City Administrator Section: 1.95 Effective Date: 1982 , 1987, 1995, 1997 CITY VEHICLES City employees are encouraged to make use of City vehicles whenever possible for City business. Vehicles are provided for the performance of employee responsibilities relating to their job functions. Vehicles may be checked out at the front counter in Community Developmenl. EMPLOYEE-OWNED VEHICLES When no City vehicle is available, an employee will be reimbursed for using their own vehicle at the standard mileage rate of the IRS, determined and as acknowledged by the City. Mileage and Expenses forms are available form the Payroll office. See Section 1.85 for additional information on Travel Expenses. • USE OF CITY VEHICLES The following rules for City vehicle use apply to all City Vehicles: • Vehicles are only to be used by employee conducting official City business. Incidental stops (non routine and unpredictable) are permitted only on the normal route of travel between the employee's residence and the city or the route between the city and business related activity. Stops for personal business other than for meals will be limited to convenience stores, etc. • City vehicles shall be operated only on official city business related to the employees normal job. Special circumstances such as: transportation to and from meetings, training, conferences, out of town training, etc. In addition, vehicles shall not be taken home by departmental employees and retained overnight without expressed authorization. The only exception to this policy are Public Works and Park employees on call and authorized uses of the Police Department personnel. • Any employee operating an official city vehicle may only carry as passengers, in said vehicle, other city employees on official city business and/or such other persons whose transportation via city vehicle is in the best interest of the city. At no time are members of an employee's family to be passengers or operators of city vehicles. MOTOR VEHICLE RECORDS No employee shall be permitted to operate city owned vehicles unless they have in their Aft possession a valid driver's license permitting them to drive in the State of Minnesota. The City W has the right to revoke any employee's privilege to operate a City vehicle at any time and may obtain Motor Vehicle reports on employees assigned or authorized to use City vehicles.