[Adopted 6-11-1991 by L.L. No. 18-1991 (Ch. 186, Art. I,
of the 1985 Code)]
[Added 8-8-2006 by L.L. No. 41-2006]
A. The Department of Public Works shall issue a written County vehicle
standard for the purchase or lease of County vehicles, which County
vehicle standard shall include, but not be limited to, requirements
that any County vehicle purchased or leased have a minimum gasoline
mileage rating of 20 miles per gallon city/30 miles per gallon highway,
and that any County vehicle purchased or leased be a flex-fuel vehicle
able to operate on E85 ethanol. The Department of Public Works shall
review and revise the County vehicle standard at least once every
24 months. The requirements of the County vehicle standard shall not
apply to the purchase or lease of vehicles for emergency, public safety
or law enforcement use, for special use vehicles, including minivans
and pickup trucks, or for vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of
over 6,000 pounds.
B. Nothing contained in Subsection F above shall preclude the Department
of Public Works from including in the County vehicle standard a requirement
that any County vehicle purchased or leased be capable of operating,
either currently or in the future, on alternative fuels or propulsion
technologies, provided that any inclusion of an alternative fuel or
propulsion technology requirement results in an improvement in the
fuel efficiency and environmental standards of County vehicles covered
by the County vehicle standard. No vehicle capable of operating, either
currently or in the future, on alternative fuels or propulsion technologies
shall be purchased or leased by the County of Suffolk without prior
approval of the Suffolk County Legislature.
This article shall apply to the assignment and use of County
vehicles occurring on or after the effective date of this article.