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t 1 1 ORANGECOUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 2, 1995 Action Agenda Item # t/XC SUBJECT: Personnel Ordinance Revisions -Drug and Alcohol Testing DEPARTMENT: Personnel PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director 1 -Drug and Alcohol Testing Coverage Extension 2550 2 -Draft Revisions to the Personnel Ordinance Article III, Section 11.0 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Drug and Alcohol Testing Hillsborough- 732-8181 Durham- 688-7331 Mebane -227-2031 Chapel Hill -967-9251/968-4501 PURPOSE: To consider draft revisions to the Orange County Personnel Ordinance to add a new section which provides for Drug and Alcohol Testing. This section is proposed in part to comply with the Federal drug and alcohol testing regulations effective for Orange County on January 1, 1996. BACKGROUND: In February 1994, the Federal Department of Transportation along with its operating divisions of the Federal Highway Administration(FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration(FTA) issued final rules implementing the Omnibus Transportation Act of 1991. Under these rules, local governments are required to perform alcohol and drug testing for employees who perform certain transportation-related functions. The County has approximately 30 positions located in the departments of Aging, Public Works and Recreation and Parks which are covered under the requirements of the FHWA and FTA. As part of the process of implementing the Federal drug and alcohol testing regulations, Personnel formed a representative employee task group to provide input and direction for a drug and alcohol testing policy for the County. The task group examined specific issues around the scope of testing coverage, and solicited input on its recommendations for coverage from department heads and members of the County's Employee Relations Consortium. Based on