[R. O. 1947, ch. 36, § 7; Ord. No. 568, § 1, 1-26-1987]
All motor vehicles owned by the City shall be used solely for the official business of the City. On the hood or door of each such motor vehicle, including the police patrol, but not including the other motor vehicles of the Police Department, shall be painted the words “City of Pittsfield,” together with the name of the City department in whose business such motor vehicle is used and a number, with the exception that the vehicles used by the Veterans Service Department shall bear only the words “City of Pittsfield” with no reference to such Department.
[Ord. No. 548, § 1; Ord. No. 341, § 1, 3-15-1979; Ord. No. 403, § 1, 8-13-1981; Ord. No. 568, § 1, 1-26-1987; Ord. No. 724, § 1, 10-14-1992]
(A) 
The heads of the various departments of the City shall be responsible for the keeping of records of the use and maintenance of all motorized equipment used by their respective departments.
A daily record of the use of each piece of motorized equipment shall be kept, which record shall include the following:
(1) 
Name of each operator;
(2) 
Time each operator begins and ends operation of such equipment;
(3) 
Mileage at the beginning and end of each such operation;
(4) 
Servicing of gasoline and oil, time of such servicing and amount thereof; and
(5) 
Nature of repairs and number of man-hours expended for the making thereof.
(B) 
No city vehicle is to be used to transport city employees for normal commuting purposes between their places of residence and employment with the following exceptions:
(1) 
Prior approval received from the city council;
(2) 
In response to an emergency condition which is to be reported to the city accountant within 48 hours;
(3) 
The following officers or employees of the city:
(a) 
Fire chief;
(b) 
Police chief or his designees who are residents of the city: five vehicles;
(c) 
Director of maintenance or his designees: five vehicles from November 1st to May 1st, Four vehicles all other times;
(d) 
Commissioner of Public Services or his designees: six vehicles;
[Ord. No. 1101, § I, 11-25-2014]
(e) 
Commissioner of public utilities or his designees: nine vehicles.
All vehicles listed in paragraph (B)(3) may be used for normal commuting purposes only when, and if, they are operated by those same persons designated in said paragraph.
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Editor’s Note: Ord. No. 505, § 1, adopted 4-10-1985, repealed § 2-2.1 in its entirety. Former § 2-2.1 was concerned with clerks of committees and derived from Ord. No. 414, § 1 (Art. IX, § 6-63), 1-14-1982.
[Ord. No. 487, § 1, 9-11-1984; Ord. No. 679, § 1, 6-25-1991]
Any and all contracts between the City of Pittsfield and any person towing vehicles, disabled as a result of accidents or vehicle failure, shall require the approval of the city council before taking effect. This shall not apply to the towing of vehicles pursuant to section 13-115.1 and section 20-24 of this Code. Any and all contracts between the City of Pittsfield and any person or firm providing ambulance service to the city, shall require the approval of the city council before taking effect.