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1 ORANGECOUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: January 16, 1996 Action Agenda Item # u -C. SUBJECT: Drug and Alcohol Testing Coverage Under Orange County's Triangle J Agreement DEPARTMENT: Personnel PUBLIC HEARING: —Yes X No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine Holmes, Extension 2550 Draft Memorandum of Agreement for Drug and Alcohol Testing Services TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough - 732-8181 Durham - 688-7331 Mebane - 227-2031 Chapel Hill -967-9251/968-4501 PURPOSE: To consider inclusion of Cedar Grove Day Care Center, Cedar Grove Head Start and OPC Mental Health in Orange County's Drug and Alcohol Testing Agreement with the Triangle J Council of Governments. BACKGROUND: Cedar Grove Day Care Center, Cedar Grove Head Start and OPC Mental Health participate in a vehicle-lease agreement with Orange County and currently operate Orange Public Transportation(OPT) vehicles to transport their clients to human service locations. The employees of these agencies who drive the vehicles are subject to drug and alcohol testing under the Federal Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing regulations and must be in compliance with these regulations to operate the OPT vehicles. These three agencies each have a small number of employees covered by the federal drug and alcohol testing requirements. Cedar Grove Day Care has five covered employees; Cedar Grove Head Start has one employee and OPC Mental Health has five covered employees. Orange County's agreement with Triangle J provides for participation in a Safety Services Consortium with other local governments who are also subject to the federal drug and alcohol testing regulations. The per-test cost for drug and alcohol testing is considerably lower through Orange County's agreement with Triangle J than most agencies could negotiate on their own.