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STATE OF WASHINGTON
County of Jefferson
In the Matter of an Update to the County-
wide Safety Manual
Requiring Defensive Drivers
Training for County Employees
RESOLUTION NO 129-97
and,
WHEREAS, Jefferson County has adopted a Loss Control Program and County-wide Safety manual;
WHEREAS, said in Section III-2 of said manual, Fleet Accident Prevention is addressed; and,
WHEREAS, Jefferson County's membership in the Washington Counties Risk Pool requires the
County to maintain a automobile loss prevention program, including Defensive Drivers Training for employees
driving on County business; and,
WHEREAS, the County has established a drivers training program; and,
NOw, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of County Commissioners that all
employees who either drive a County vehicle, or are reimbursed for mileage for using their personal vehicle for
County business, shall have completed and remain current with the standards of the County sponsored defensive
drivers training course or can demonstrate completion of a equivalent drivers training.
1)
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that
All new employees shall schedule and attend the first defensive drivers training course offered
following their employment and in no case shall they be employed more than a year without
obtaining said training. The employee will be reimbursed and or allowed to drive a County
vehicle on a provisional basis until the next defensive drivers training is scheduled.
All other employees who have failed to remain current (every three years) with this requirement
will be notified that their privilege to use a County vehicle, or to be reimbursed for mileage
expenses for using their private vehicle for County business, has been suspended until they have
completed the required training. Said employees will not be allowed to drive a County vehicle
or be reimbursed for mileage, effective the date of the suspension until they become current with
this requirement.
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IIta Delaney, CMC
Clerk of the Board
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