2004/04/27 City Council Resolution (3)RESOLUTION NO. 2004 - lo3
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
APPROVING A MODIFICATION TO THE PERSONALIZED PATROL VEHICLE
PROGRAM AS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED UNDER RESOLUTION 81 -129
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted resolution 81 -129 establishing the
personalized patrol vehicle program; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the program is to reduce operating costs,
increase patrol vehicle life, improve emergency response and provide a higher
visibility of Public Safety vehicles throughout the community; and
WHEREAS, the original program only anticipated Public Safety Officers
living within the city limits; and
WHEREAS, State Law has changed since 1981 making the requirement
for public employees living within the jurisdiction they serve unlawful; and
WHEREAS, due to the change in law, the City needs to update the
personalized patrol vehicle policy; and
WHEREAS, by minute action on January 25, 1994, the City Council
approved a modification of the personalized patrol vehicle program for Public
Safety lieutenants. This modification allowed the vehicles to be taken to an
employees' residence outside city limits as long as the residence was within a
four -mile radius of a Public Safety facility; and
WHEREAS, a four -mile radius standard is being proposed for all public
safety patrol vehicles and no other modifications are being made to the program;
and
WHEREAS, the personalized patrol vehicle program is not an employee
benefit and the City could at any time, at its sole discretion, determine the rules
and regulations to be imposed as part of the program and /or terminate it at any
time; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of
Rohnert Park that personalized patrol vehicle policy has been modified from
within the city limits to a four -mile radius of a Public Safety facility.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Rohnert Park this 27th day of April 2004.
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