[Adopted 2-25-1997 by Ord. No. MC 3058 (Ch. 47, Art. I, of the 1981 Revised Code)]
Unless otherwise provided herein, Township-owned motor vehicles
shall only be available for use by Township employees during regular
business hours and in the course of the normal and necessary operations
of the Township and/or its departments or agencies.
[Amended 3-25-1997 by Ord. No. MC 3063]
No Township employee may take home a Township-owned vehicle
after regular business hours unless its use falls within any of the
hereinafter set forth exceptions:
A. The animal control vans may be taken home by the Animal Control Officers.
B. The Business Administrator may, for good cause, grant permission
to any employee to take home a Township-owned motor vehicle, provided
that such permission is given in writing and it is in the furtherance
of Township business. The Mayor and Township Council shall be notified
in writing of the reasons for granting such permission within seven
business days thereof.
C. Township-owned motor vehicles which are taken home, after regular
business hours, during emergencies such as snow storms, rain storms
and public health crises. The Business Administrator shall notify,
in writing, the Mayor and Council of such emergency use within three
business days thereof. The Business Administrator shall also prepare
and distribute to all employees written criteria for determining the
appropriateness of taking home a Township-owned motor vehicle during
emergencies.
D. The Fire Chief's Township-owned motor vehicle may be taken home
by the Fire Chief only.
E. The Public Safety Director's Township-owned motor vehicle may be
taken home by the Public Safety Director only.
[Amended 1-12-2016 by Ord. No. MC 3562]
No elected official may take home or use a Township-owned motor
vehicle except in an emergency such as a snow storm, rain storm or
public health crisis or when, in furtherance of Township business,
such official must travel outside the boundaries of the Township of
Irvington.
[Adopted 11-9-2006 by Ord. No. MC 3328 (Ch. 47, Art. II, of the 1981
Revised Code)]
The Township of Irvington shall, to the best of its ability:
A. Take proactive steps to encourage and monitor compliance with the
idling regulations by drivers of Essex County, Township of Irvington
owned vehicles as well as by drivers of other vehicles operating within
the Essex County Township of Irvington;
B. Implement best management practices to minimize exposure of children
to diesel emissions from school buses;
C. Utilize ultra-low-sulfur diesel in Essex County, Township of Irvington
owned equipment prior to the September 2006 federal mandate; and
D. Identify opportunities for cost-effective retrofitting of diesel
vehicles within Essex County, Township of Irvington owned fleets.