[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Lowell 4-26-1988 as Ch. 2, Art. VI of the 1988 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No property of the City shall be sold, let or rented, or disposed of in any way by any department head, or by a member of the City Council or any committee thereof, or by any officer or official whatever, except in the manner provided by law. No property or material sold shall be delivered to the purchaser until the same has been paid for to the City Treasurer and a receipted bill for the payment of the same shall be shown.
[Added 8-23-1994]
A. 
No real property owned and/or controlled by the City shall be offered for sale to the public regardless of its value unless and until the owner(s) of property immediately abutting the property on all sides and directly across any street or way, as shown on the Board of Assessors' maps on file with the City Engineer, shall have been given written notice of the proposed sale and of any proposal process regarding the sale, by regular mail and registered mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the owner(s) and mailed to the last address of the owner(s) carried in the Board of Assessors' records.
B. 
Any requests for proposals pertaining to the sale of real estate shall include therein a minimum bid required to be paid for the real estate being offered for sale.
C. 
Nothing herein shall alter, waive or amend any statutes or regulations regarding the sale or offer for sale of City-owned real estate.
D. 
Abutters' notice of sale requirements under Subsection A shall not apply to the disposition of any real property owned and/or controlled by the City through the Yard Sale Program administered through the Division of Planning and Development. Under said Yard Sale Program, written notice of any disposition of real property shall be given to adjacent property owners as specified in City of Lowell Yard Sale Guidelines. Adjacent property owners under the guidelines shall be determined by the City Engineer.
[Added 6-23-1998]
The administrative heads of the various departments of the City shall cause to be kept a book in their respective departments wherein entries with respect to City-owned motor vehicles shall be made daily, as follows: the quantity of gas, oil and lubricants furnished each motor vehicle. The make, style and type, including registration, of each motor vehicle shall be placed opposite each item or reading.
No privately owned motor vehicle shall be furnished gasoline, oil, supplies or accessories by any City department, and the administrative heads shall not allow employees working under their control and supervision, during the hours for which they are receiving compensation from the City, to repair or work on privately owned motor vehicles.
[Amended 6-8-1999]
The use of City-owned vehicles by department heads or other employees shall be in accordance with written authorization of the City Manager. Payment for City-related use of private vehicles by an employee who is required to use and who actually uses his own motor vehicle in the performance of his duties and who is authorized to do so by the department head or City Manager shall be reimbursed for such actual mileage per IRS regulation allowance. All employees designated by the City Manager to use a City vehicle are subject to the City of Lowell Department of Transportation Drug and Alcohol Testing Program for safety sensitive positions, regardless of the driver's license class issued. Employees shall be subject to random drug and/or alcohol testing, post accident, reasonable suspicion, and return to duty and follow-up testing. Employees will sign a statement acknowledging receipt and adherence to the policy and agree to submit to the required testing.
A. 
Every automobile belonging to the City, with the exception of those automobiles attached to the police, shall have painted and at all times displayed upon the door the words "City of Lowell" and the name of the particular department to which the use of the machine has been assigned, in letters of distinct contrasting color to that of the automobile upon which they are painted. The letters shall be at least two inches in height.
B. 
All automobiles and automobile apparatus belonging to the Fire Department of the City shall be painted a standard and uniform shade of red.
Every automobile belonging to the City shall not be used for any private purpose and shall be used solely on official work.
A. 
Reports. The officers and employees of the City exercising control and supervision over, or in charge of, municipally owned motor vehicles shall forthwith report all accidents wherein municipally owned motor vehicles are involved to the Law Department of the City. If a connection cannot be made with the Law Department, a report shall forthwith be made to the police station, and the officer in charge of the police station shall forthwith communicate a report to the City Solicitor or a representative of his Department who, upon receipt of the report, shall cause an investigation to be made.
B. 
Cooperation during investigation. All officers and employees of the City shall assist and cooperate with the Law or Police Department in the investigation of the cause of accidents involving City-owned vehicles.
C. 
Information to be obtained at scene. All officers and employees involved in accidents involving municipally owned motor vehicles shall obtain the names and addresses of all witnesses, shall obtain the names and addresses of each person involved, shall obtain the name, address and license number of each operator involved, and shall obtain the name and address of the owner of and the registration number of each motor vehicle involved and, if there is no motor vehicle involved, a description of the vehicle involved, all marks of identification appearing on such vehicle and the name and address of the driver or operator.
D. 
Accidents involving pedestrians. In cases where a pedestrian is injured by a municipally owned motor vehicle, the operator or the person in charge of the motor vehicle at the time and place of the accident shall obtain the name, address and age of each person injured and a description of the nature of the injuries.
E. 
Observation of conditions at time of accident. City officers and employees involved in accidents should be observant of conditions at the time and place of accidents and be ready when called upon by the Law or Police Department to give a detailed report of the same.
F. 
Appearance of parties to accidents at Law Department. All officers and employees involved in accidents wherein municipally owned motor vehicles are involved shall, if possible, have the parties to the accidents accompany them to the office of the Law Department in the City Hall or the police station, where reports of accidents shall be received.
G. 
Accident investigations.
(1) 
The Superintendent of Police shall instruct his subordinate officers and employees to make an investigation of all accidents called to their attention wherein municipally owned motor vehicles are involved and, as soon as possible after the accident has been called to their attention, communicate a report to the Law Department and to the police station.
(2) 
If a representative of the Law Department is not available to make an investigation, it shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Police to cause an investigation to be made by members of his Department, and the information obtained by the Police Department shall be communicated to the Law Department as soon as possible.
(3) 
All investigations of accidents wherein municipally owned motor vehicles are involved shall be made under the direction and supervision of the City Solicitor.