Vehicle Reservations
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Vehicle Policies and Procedures
The College of Pharmacy has made the following vehicles available for official use to faculty, staff and authorized students:
- Vehicle #93453--Buick Station Wagon (Athens)
- Vehicle #94529--Chevy Malibu Sedan (Athens)
- Vehicle #94831--Chevy Uplander Minivan (Athens)
- Vehicle #93721--Ford Aerostar Minivan (Augusta) Please contact Sheila Sinks @ (706)721-4915 or e-mail ssinks@mail.mcg.edu for reservations.
- Vehicle #94323--Ford Taurus Station Wagon (Albany) Please contact Arica Barfield (229)430-3215 or e-mail abarfiel@rx.uga.edu.
1. College of Pharmacy vehicles are available for official use by faculty and staff. Students may use the vehicle based on prior authorization by a responsible faculty or staff member.
2. Drivers must have a valid Georgia driver's license and are responsible for conforming to all applicable traffic laws, parking regulations, and all state/University policies regarding use and operation of state vehicles.
3. UGA policy does not allow an employee to take a state vehicle home or to have family members ride along without the Deans approval.
4. Each vehicle has a Fuel Card in the glove compartment along with a cell phone (the phone is for 911 calls only). For the Fuel Card to work it must be used along with your 9-digit pin on your UGA Card (exclude the last digit). For some reason if the Fuel Card does not work on your trip, you may use your own credit card and get reimbursed by the Business Office through a check request (you will need your receipt).
5. When you drive the state vehicle (in-state or out-of-state) during an overnight stay, please request vehicle as usual even if the calendar shows that it is not available. The Business Office will make a determination based on availability to allow you to use state vehicle or not. You will receive an e-mail confirmation. The only exception is leaving the state vehicle at the airport. Please do not leave state vehicles at airports. This will allow the vehicle to be available to others.
Please use the Vehicle Reservation Request Form to reserve state vehicle when needed.
6. The Business Office sends out e-mail confirmations whether a vehicle is reserved or not. Please attach a copy of this confirmation to your Travel Expense statement whether the state vehicle was assigned or not. This will assist the Business Office staff to make a decision regarding your travel reimbursement request.
7. The keys can be picked up the day before, if you plan to leave early in the morning, or on the day you plan to travel. When you return, please make sure the keys are returned to the Business Office right away. The Business Office must know where you have parked the vehicle since someone else may be in line for use of this vehicle. After normal work hours this may be placed in the drop box in the Business Office. The Vehicle Return Form may also be used.
8. When returning the vehicle please keep the following in mind:
a. Keys must be turned into the Business Office immediately upon return.
b. Keys may be placed in the drop box after business hours along with a note that indicates where the vehicle is parked.
c. In case the gas tank is below the ¼ mark please use VTM – Fuel depot on River Road to gas up using the gas card in the glove compartment of the vehicle. The VTM Fuel Depot is open 7:00 am to 11:00 pm, Monday thru Friday. Your UGA Card will be needed.
d. Please remove all personal belongings when the vehicle is returned. The interior must be in clean condition so that it can be available to others for use.
9. On the use of personal vehicles by employees for UGA business the UGA travel policy indicates “If a government-owned vehicle is available, and its use is determined to be the most advantageous to the state, or if it is determined that a rental vehicle is the recommended mode of travel, but a personal motor vehicle is used, the employee will be reimbursed at $0.285 per mile.” Please note that this rate is subject to change based on the State’s directives. See UGA Travel Policy at http://askuga.uga.edu/default.asp?id=1619&SID=&Lang=1.
10. If your trip is cancelled for any reason, please let the Business Office know immediately via e-mail (business@rx.uga.edu). This will allow us to cancel your use of vehicle if a reservation was made. It will also ensure that funds relating to your travel are un-encumbered on the Accounting system.
11. For out of state travel, employees will be more than welcome to carpool with the state vehicle when driving to the meeting location. Requests for state vehicles to be left at the airport for a few days will not be entertained.