(Atlantic) At tonight’s meeting, the Atlantic City Council will act on a resolution and make a small language change to the City of Atlantic Personnel Policy.
City Administrator John Lund says this is a small language change to the Personnel Policy used in the final sentence referring to the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988. This Act requires persons to report any conviction under a criminal drug statute for violations occurring on or off the employer’s premises while conducting official business. A report of conviction must be made to an employee’s department head within 24 hours of the conviction. Failure to do so results in immediate dismissal from an employee’s position. He says the reason for the change is the policy implies an employee may lose his or her job with the City after being found guilty of doing drugs on city time or city property but remain employed by the City and thus eligible for employment in another position.
Lund says the change would now read “failure to do so will result in immediate termination of employment.”
The City Council will also act on approving the First Whitney Bank & Trust as the City’s Official Bank for the City. An act to approve the Atlantic News Telegraph s the City’s Official newspaper.
Lund will also provide the council with a legislative briefing, update for the fiscal year 2024 budget, and a January 18 meeting for a city council work session and budget workshop.
Tonight’s meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall.
