V Taking Vehicles Home
A. The City benefits when City vehicles within a close proximity or within the City are assigned so quick attention and after-hour response can be given to City programs, problems, and emergencies. The program improved the maintenance and reliability of City vehicles by placing the responsibility for personal care of each vehicle on the individual employee.
B. City employees may take their assigned vehicle home provided:
1. The employee has properly informed his immediate supervisor of an emergency and received permission.
2. Advanced approval is received from the Department Head. Any employee who has permission from the Department Head to take a City vehicle home after hours or over a weekend will provide off-street parking for the vehicle.
C. Authorization for taking City vehicles home is as follows:
1. If the Department Head determines that a commute vehicle is warranted the employee will complete the “request for commute authorization” form.
2. Vehicles assigned to an individual and taken home may be approved through the City Manager upon recommendation of the department head and review of the “Request for Commute Authorization” form.
3. Employees, authorized to take a vehicle, living outside West Valley City boundaries may be allowed to take their assigned vehicle home under the following conditions:
a. No vehicle reimbursement is required of employees living within boundaries of West Valley City.
b. Reimbursement required of employees living outside of West Valley City boundaries. Reimbursement will be determined at a rate of $1.00 per mile actual driving distance traveled one way from the employee’s home to City Hall. This amount will be payable bi-weekly.
c. Employees desiring authorization to take a vehicle home will make written application through the Department Head to the City Manager with the following:
i. “Request for Commute Authorization” form.
ii. Justification for the privilege.
iii. The number of miles from City Hall to their home.
iv. Authorization from the City to make a payroll deduction for the vehicle use costs.
d. Employees may elect to park their vehicles at a City-owned facility in lieu of taking the vehicle home.
e. Employees who live further than 35 miles from the closest West Valley City boundary line to their residence may not take their vehicles home. Amended 10/24/22 EO 22-155