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DRAFT SECTION 17 - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND ALCOHOL ABUSE SECTION 17.01 - Sco e By Resolution No. 99-061, adopted on June 14, 1999, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, authorized and directed the City Manager to develop and implement (in accordance with the law) new personnel policies. One of the most important components of a comprehensive personnel policy is a policy addressing controlled substance and alcohol abuse by employees. Accordingly, this policy is approved and implemented by the City Manager in accordance with Council's prior authorization. This Policy applies to all employees of the City of Paris (the "City"). This Policy also applies to all potential employees, that is, those individuals who have received a tentative offer of employment based on successfully completing and passing the controlled substance and alcohol screens of the City of Paris. All employees will receive a copy of this Policy. SECTION 17.02 - Purpose The manufacture, distribution, possession, use, or consumption of controlled substances or alcohol on the job or being under the influence of controlled substances or alcohol on the job may create serious risks for the involved employee, fellow employees, the City, and the general public. This Policy is to assist in the reduction of such risks. This policy contains provision intended to comply with the requirements of federal and state statutes (as those statutes apply to municipalities) mandating a drug and alcohol-free workplace. In addition, this policy is intended to bring the City into compliance with the requirements of the U. S. Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) in accordance with the Omnibus Transportation Employees Testing Act of 1991 (49 U.S.C. 1421 et seq). Finally, this policy by its design accommodates the broad range of job positions and employee responsibilities existing in a city government as diverse as the City of Paris. This policy strikes a careful balance to protect the constitutional right of privacy for every employee, while at the same time protecting the employee, his or her coworkers, and the citizens they serve from the effects of drug and alcohol use in the workplace or elsewhere. Those employees who must carry firearms as part of their job responsibility or who must operate emergency motor vehicles (even if exempted from the D.O.T. requirements), or who are involved in positions where sensitive materials, such as controlled substances, are administered to patients, have a special responsibility to themselves, their coworkers, and the general public to be drug free at all times. Even the casual use of controlled substances or alcohol, carried into the workplace, cou1d affect judgment, result in unnecessary and perhaps avoidable confrontations, cause avoidable and 47 Rev. 10/27/04