§ 3-12. Unauthorized use of a city employee, city property, and interference with city operations.

(a)

Elected and appointed officials shall not order, instruct or otherwise require city employees to:

(1)

Do clerical work on behalf of said official's family, business, social, church or fraternal interests;

(2)

Purchase goods or services to be used for personal, business or political purposes; or

(3)

Work for him or her personally without paying just compensation.

(b)

Elected officials shall not interfere with or interject themselves into the day-to-day business operations of the city. Specifically, elected officials may not give direct instructions or orders to city employees, may not attempt to interfere with their job duties, may not seek to influence their performance appraisals and may not otherwise seek to take disciplinary action against them. Rather, elected officials who seek to give direction to, use the services of, take direct action against or otherwise involve themselves with the activities of any city employee must direct their request to the city manager.

(c)

Elected officials shall not access or use government property of any kind other than for officially approved activities. In no instance shall city-owned vehicles be used for personal travel, nor shall he or she direct employees to use government property for unauthorized or personal purposes. In those instances where city business requires travel, elected officials shall be governed be governed by the following:

(1)

Police patrol vehicles. The city manager shall be notified, in writing, of the mayor's or her/his designee's (another elected official) intended desire to have a police escort for city-related business at least ten days prior to the use of a police patrol car escort. The city manager has the authority and discretion to deny the use based on the vehicle's and/or staff's availability. A log sheet detailing the length of time, purpose, and police personnel assigned to escort the mayor or his/her designee shall be completed for each time the mayor or her/his designee requests a police patrol car. Said log shall be kept on file with the city clerk and is subject to the Open Records Act. This policy shall be enforced against elected officials in addition to any city Charter, city ordinance and Riverdale Police Standards of Operation, policies and procedures governing the use of all city vehicles. Occupancy of a police patrol car shall be limited to the mayor or her/his designee.

(2)

All other city-owned cars. Use of city-owned vehicles shall be limited to city-related business over 100 miles outside the city limits. When using a city-owned vehicle, there shall not be any reimbursement of mileage. The city manager shall be notified, in writing, of the elected official's use of a city-owned vehicle for city-related travel at least 30 days prior to use. The city manager has the authority and discretion to deny the use based on the vehicle's availability. A log sheet detailing the length of time, purpose, and elected official assigned to drive the city-owned vehicle shall be completed for each time the elected official requests to drive a city-owned vehicle. Said log shall be kept on file with the city clerk and is subject to the Open Records Act. This policy shall be enforced against elected officials in addition to any city Charter, city ordinance and Riverdale Police Standards of Operation, policies and procedures governing the use of all city vehicles. Occupancy of a city-owned vehicle shall be limited to elected officials.

(Ord. No. 13-2006, § 1, 7-24-06; Ord. No. 12-2007, 8-13-07; Ord. No. 2-2-2016 , § 1, 2-8-16)