4.15.070 Driver’s license required.
All employees whose job description requires a valid Alaska driver’s license of a specific class or with or without endorsements, including a commercial driver’s license (CDL), shall obtain and maintain such driver’s license.
A. An employee, who is required to have a CDL whose operating privilege is suspended, revoked or canceled for any period, shall not operate any city vehicle for which such license or endorsement is required during the period of suspension, revocation, cancellation, loss or disqualification.
B. An employee whose operating privilege is suspended, revoked or canceled, who loses the privilege to operate a motor vehicle in any state for any period, shall notify his or her department director or the city manager of that fact before the end of the business day following the day the employee receives notice of the suspension, revocation, cancellation, loss or disqualification. An employee whose operating privilege is suspended, revoked, or canceled from operating a motor vehicle may not operate a city vehicle or his or her own personal vehicle for city business.
C. Violation of subsection (A) or (B) of this section constitutes cause for termination.
D. The suspension, revocation, cancellation, loss or disqualification of the operating privilege constitutes cause for involuntary demotion to a lower job classification for which the employee is qualified without the privilege. If there is no opening available in a lower job classification for which the employee is qualified without the operating privilege, the employee may be terminated.
E. In addition to the above, the employee may be terminated at the discretion of the city manager or may be required to:
1. Obtain a new, valid driver’s license of such class or with such endorsements, including a commercial driver’s license, that meets the requirements of his or her job description within 60 calendar days of the effective date of the suspension, revocation, cancellation, loss or disqualification;
2. Obtain a reinstatement of the prior operating privileges within 60 calendar days of the suspension, revocation, cancellation, loss or disqualification; or
3. Obtain limited license privileges and a new valid driver’s license or have the prior operating privileges reinstated such that the employee does not lack the driver’s license authority meeting the requirements for his or her job description for more than 60 calendar days, consecutive or nonconsecutive.
F. If an employee is subject to adverse action resulting from any change in license status or driving privileges, the provisions of PMC 4.50.040 and 4.50.050 must be followed. (Ord. 12-001 § 3, 2013)