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City of Clermont
RESOLUTION NO. 1183
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA
AMENDING THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE POLICY-PART A OF THE CITY OF
CLERMONT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Clermont adopted the current Substance
Abuse Policy-Part A of the City of Clermont Resolution No. 1040 dated November 24, 1998 and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Clermont
that the City of Clermont Substance Abuse Policy-Part A will be amended as follows:
SECTION 1
Section 10.1, Job Applicant Testing shall be amended as follows:
A job applicant who has applied for a position with the City and has been offered
employment conditional upon successfully passing a drug test will undergo screening
for the presence of drugs or alcohol. A job applicant will be denied employment
with the City, if any one of the following conditions are present:
>Job applicant refuses to take the test
>Job applicant's test results are confirmed positive.
>Job applicant's test results are reported from the laboratory as
adulterated.
>Job applicant does not take the test within three (3) working days
of receipt of the Florida Drug Free Workplace Chain of Custody
Form.
A job applicant who is denied employment with the City for the above reasons,
may initiate another employment inquiry with the City after one (1) year.
SECTION 2
Section 12.5, Adulterated Test Results shall be added as follows:
If an employee's confirmed test result is reported from the laboratory as being
adulterated, the employee will be considered to have refused testing and shall
be terminated.
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SECTION 3
City of Clermont
RESOLUTION NO. 1183
Section 14.4, Consequences of a Confirmed Positive Test Result shall be amended as follows:
An employee who accepts treatment must understand he/she is required to complete
such program within sixty (60) days of the initial evaluation date by the City's
Employee Assistance Provider. Failure to do so will result in termination for cause.
SECTION 4
Section 14.8 shall be added as follows:
An employee (probationary or permanent) who has been terminated in
accordance with this policy, will not be eligible for rehire until he/she has
completed a substance abuse treatment program with the City's Employee
Assistance Provider.
SECTION 5
This resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption.
DONE AND RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT,
LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, THIS 27TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2001.
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- LD S. URVILLE, JR., MAYOR
ATTEST:
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SEPH E. ZILE, CITY CLERK
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