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Dawsonville council adopts CDL reimbursement policy with prorated payback
Summary
The City Council approved an amendment to the employee personnel policy requiring commercial driver's licenses for equipment that hauls more than 26,000 pounds and adopted a prorated repayment provision for CDL training costs; the council voted 4-0.
The Dawsonville City Council approved Oct. 20 an amendment to the city’s personnel policy that formalizes commercial driver's license (CDL) requirements and a city-funded training reimbursement with a prorated payback if an employee leaves within a set period.
City Manager Jacob Evans told council members the policy change reflects current legal requirements: "Anything that hauls over 26,000 pounds, that includes truck, trailer, any equipment on there is required by law to have a CDL," he said. Evans said the city currently has one staff member with a CDL and that the policy is intended to keep employees safe and to ensure continuity of operations.
Evans estimated costs and explained the payback schedule: "CDL costs approximately $5,000 per employee. So to keep good employees, I have before you a prorated system. So if they leave within 2 years, then they pay some of that back." He said his hope was to train "at least 2 per department." City Attorney Kevin Towne reviewed the language and told council it is a standard approach when an employer invests in employee training: "The idea is the city is going to pay for something that's gonna make people a lot more marketable, and the city needs to be able to recoup its investment in that."
Councilmember Ils moved to approve the amendment as presented; Councilmember Kayla Phillips seconded. The motion passed 4-0.
The amendment places the reimbursement and prorated repayment terms in the personnel policy and directs staff to implement the training program; no specific funding appropriation was identified during the Oct. 20 meeting beyond the per-employee cost estimate discussed by the city manager.
