TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Michael A. Hursh, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
SUBJECT: On-Site and After-Hours Testing Service
ACTION ITEM
AGENDA PLANNING REQUEST: ?
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider authorizing the General Manager to enter into a six-month extension with Reliable Onsite Testing Services for mobile and after-hours drug and alcohol testing services, from January 1, 2023 to July 31, 2023.
Staff Contact:
Lynette Little, Director of Civil Rights & Compliance
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Safe and Secure Operations
Initiative - Employee Recruitment, Training and Retention
It is the policy of Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District to provide a drug and alcohol free workplace and environment for all employees and patrons. A drug and alcohol free workplace protects the agency's most valuable resources - its employees, as well as the health and safety of the public.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
The estimated value of the current contract from January 1, 2023 through July 31, 2023 is approximately $231,000.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
Under the current On-site and After Hours Drug and Alcohol Testing contract 2023-1579, Reliable Onsite Testing Services provides the District with the following services: pre-employment, follow up testing, random testing, reasonable suspicion testing, return to work testing and after accident testing, which includes alcohol screenings and urine specimen collections for AM and PM shifts, weekends and holiday testing needs.
The District's Alcohol and Substance Abuse Policy, Board Policy 200, requires that all potential new candidates pass a pre-employment alcohol and drug test as a condition of employment.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and Federal Transit Administration require existing safety-sensitive employees, and those that transfer to a safety-sensitive position, to submit to random, follow up, reasonable suspicion, after accident and return to work testing as pa...
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