2.50.070 Healthy and safe workplace.

The city is committed to maintaining a safe and healthful workplace for all its employees, contractors, consultants, and the public in compliance with all related federal, state, and local laws. The city manager and staff shall be responsible for developing and implementing policies which protect employees and the public from potentially dangerous, violent, or harassing situations.

(A) Safety. The city shall develop programs and systems to protect its employees, property, and the general public from hazardous conditions, dangerous materials, and unsafe conditions. It shall be the responsibility of every employee to know and observe all safety rules, to use safety equipment and devices provided, and to work in a manner that will safeguard the employee, co-workers, and the general public.

(B) Violence in the Workplace. The city is intolerant of any behavior by employees, contractors or consultants which creates the risk of injury or harm resulting from violence to city employees, contractors, consultants, or the public. No city employee, contractor, or consultant shall possess weapons of any type while on duty or on city property, with the exception of on-duty law enforcement personnel, nor shall any employee, contractor, or consultant threaten or intimidate any other person with a violent action.

(C) Alcohol and Controlled Substances. The city is committed to providing a work environment that is safe, healthy and free of any adverse effects caused by alcohol or controlled substances. The city reserves the right, with or without prior notice to the employee, to conduct drug and alcohol tests, and to search all work areas and property in which the city maintains full or joint control with the employee.

(D) Harassment. It is the policy of the city to provide a businesslike work environment, free from all forms of employee discrimination, including incidents of sexual or any other form of harassment. Harassment by an employee or of an employee on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, gender, sexual preference, or age will not be tolerated. No employee, contractor or consultant shall be subjected to any form of harassment by other employees, contractors, consultants or the general public. No employee shall sexually harass anyone or suffer harassment from anyone else.